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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a certain familiarity" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing a level of knowledge or comfort with something that is not precisely defined.
Example: "There was a certain familiarity in the way she spoke, as if we had known each other for years."
Alternatives: "a degree of familiarity" or "some familiarity".
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Yoox requires and rewards a certain familiarity with fashion.
Anyone who has read "The Little Prince"will feel a certain familiarity with Phobos.
The unfortunate visuals had re-formed into a certain familiarity, a habituation that bordered on hope.
The snakes, he said, are like part of the family, which leads to a certain familiarity.
That and a certain familiarity with "The Mikado" was about the sum of our cultural and linguistic expertise.
For all the freshness of the race, there was a certain familiarity to its themes and politics.
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Although the daughters and I never met, there is something about inhabiting the same rooms as they that has bestowed a certain closeness or familiarity.
THERE is a certain comforting familiarity to how a zombie-invasion movie is supposed to unfold.
There is a certain grim familiarity in the story of Prime Minister Erdogan's battle against social media.
"What is different about being a dancer is that there is a certain physical familiarity," Mr. Fayette said, explaining the significance of such a small gesture among dancers.
The passengers have a certain formulaic familiarity as well, though it is true that there were no Yeshiva principals or Israeli commandos dying of cancer on "Gilligan's Island".
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