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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of acquaintances in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of acquaintances in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of acquaintances in a Sentence

  1. Madeleine Cale:

    I would describe it as a lack of intimacy. Being known, you have acquaintances, which [ means ]' Hi, how you doing ?' chit-chat, versus being really seen and heard.

  2. Lucius Annaeus Seneca:

    Everywhere is nowhere. When a person spends all his time in foreign travel, he ends by having many acquaintances, but no friends.

  3. Nick Adams:

    As a transgender man myself, I see a lot of show runners coming to me and asking about any transgender actors I know of, that's how it's been - a loose network of transgender people who have these databases of friends and acquaintances. Otherwise the casting system is just not set up to search for them.

  4. Oscar Wilde:

    I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and my enemies for their good intellects. A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies.

  5. Samuel Johnson:

    If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself alone. A man should keep his friendships in constant repair.

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