Even a new acquaintance can reach out to someone by saying the right word at the right moment.
Christianity Today
If you're evidently taken by a new acquaintance, they'll mark you down as a person of good judgment and all kinds of advantages will accrue.
Times, Sunday Times
It will be a new acquaintance for me.
The Sun
You've bonded with a new acquaintance over books and films and nightmare bosses.
Times, Sunday Times
He was introduced to four friends of his new acquaintance.
Times, Sunday Times