Plastics are energy-rich substances, which is why many of them burn so readily. Any organism that could unlock and use that energy would do well in the Anthropocene. Terrestrial bacteria and fungi which can manage this trick are already familiar to experts in the field.
The story struck the depressingly familiar note with which true stories ring in the tried ears of experienced policemen. No one queried it. It was in the classic pattern of human weakness, mean and embarrassing and sad.
All can find a stall selling something familiar – and maybe something new to try, whether it’s yams or plantain, dhania or jellied eels.
Every liturgiological student is or should be familiar with the thesis, laid down by Dr. Probst as fundamental.
If “Manhattan” shoots unusual subject matter in a familiar style, Cinemax’s “The Knick,” returning on Friday, takes a much-visited genre, the medical drama, and renders it transfixingly new.
Meaning of familiar for the defined word.
Grammatically, this word "familiar" is an adjective. It's also a noun, more specifically, a countable noun.