as in alienated
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to cause to change from friendly or loving to unfriendly or uncaring
she estranged several of her coworkers when she let her promotion go to her head
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Recent Examples of estranged
Edward Segarra, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2025
When his fighting career begins to crumble, a family revelation sends him on a journey to Pakistan to connect with his estranged grandfather and confront his deepest truths.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 18 Mar. 2025
The arrest comes just weeks after Lohan was busted for allegedly assaulting his estranged wife, Kate Major Lohan, in Texas.
—Christina Dugan Ramirez, Fox News, 17 Mar. 2025
The first movie winds down with the revelation that Emily faked her disappearance as part of an elaborate scheme involving insurance fraud and her estranged twin sister’s murder.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 14 Mar. 2025
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Adjective
Per court documents, the actress and her estranged husband entered into a postnuptial agreement, in which Brunson requested that any property assets under dispute be divided and awarded according to the terms of the agreement.
—Edward Segarra, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2025
When his fighting career begins to crumble, a family revelation sends him on a journey to Pakistan to connect with his estranged grandfather and confront his deepest truths.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 18 Mar. 2025
The arrest comes just weeks after Lohan was busted for allegedly assaulting his estranged wife, Kate Major Lohan, in Texas.
—Christina Dugan Ramirez, Fox News, 17 Mar. 2025
The first movie winds down with the revelation that Emily faked her disappearance as part of an elaborate scheme involving insurance fraud and her estranged twin sister’s murder.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 14 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for estranged
Adjective
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West Ham have made tweaks since the policy was introduced, but fans feel alienated as season ticket holder Sean Newman, 36, explains.—
Roshane Thomas,
The Athletic,
20 Feb. 2025
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Mangold wisely cast Winona Ryder, who often played alienated and apathetic young women, as Kaysen, who is forced by her parents to live in a mental institution after an accidental overdose.—
Will Leitch,
Vulture,
25 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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The first two-thirds of Season 1 focused on the antagonistic relationship between Langdon and Santos.—
Ryan Schwartz,
TVLine,
10 Apr. 2025
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China retaliated with 34% tariffs on all goods, European Union leaders also are considering countermeasures, and the suddenly antagonistic relationship with Canada and Mexico will have to be smoothed over during United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement talks in coming months.—
Jeff Cox,
CNBC,
5 Apr. 2025
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The sequence of events clearly angered Bain.—
Cristóbal Reyes,
Orlando Sentinel,
8 Jan. 2025
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The move angered fans, and a scandal over offensive remarks Richards had made on a podcast led him to quit before his episodes aired.—
Stephen Battaglio,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Home to one of the world’s largest refugee populations – most of them from Afghanistan – Pakistan has not always welcomed the foreigners, subjecting them to hostile living conditions and threatening deportation over the years.—
Sophia Saifi,
CNN Money,
28 Mar. 2025
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Andreas typically waits until there have been three instances of potential hostile communication before asking her friend or colleague if everything is OK.—
Angela Haupt,
Time,
28 Mar. 2025
Verb
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The newspaper includes the story of how Brando was enraged to discover his voice had been dubbed by an Italian actor for the local version.—
Caroline Frost,
Deadline,
5 Jan. 2025
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But conservatives said they were enraged by the legislation.—
Catie Edmondson,
New York Times,
18 Dec. 2024
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Aliso Canyon likely to stay open for years; residents outraged.—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Dec. 2024
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As House members scrambled to pass a stopgap spending plan Friday, lawmakers removed legislation that would have fully funded the World Trade Center Health Program through 2040, outraged 9/11 advocates said.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
20 Dec. 2024
Verb
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In November, two fiber-optic Baltic Sea cables were severed.—
Rebecca Rosman,
NPR,
31 Dec. 2024
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Iran’s land bridge to Hezbollah has been severed by the fall of Syria’s Assad regime.—
Dina Kraft,
The Christian Science Monitor,
30 Dec. 2024
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“Estranged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/estranged. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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