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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
Landon Mion, Fox News, 28 Dec. 2024
Smith was convicted of fatally stabbing his estranged wife and her sons decades ago.
—CBS News, 27 Dec. 2024
The novel follows a young gay Black man named Davis who finds out at his wedding reception that his estranged father has been in a car accident, prompting a deeply personal reckoning.
—Sally Tamarkin, Them, 23 Dec. 2024
That channel was removed from YouTube after allegations surfaced against Franke’s estranged wife, Ruby Franke, who later pleaded guilty to four counts of second-degree felony child abuse and is facing up to 60 years in prison.
—Fortesa Latifi, Rolling Stone, 21 Dec. 2024
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Smith, now 74, was scheduled to be executed for the 1989 killings of his estranged wife and her teenage sons before it was called off.
—Landon Mion, Fox News, 28 Dec. 2024
Smith was convicted of fatally stabbing his estranged wife and her sons decades ago.
—CBS News, 27 Dec. 2024
The novel follows a young gay Black man named Davis who finds out at his wedding reception that his estranged father has been in a car accident, prompting a deeply personal reckoning.
—Sally Tamarkin, Them, 23 Dec. 2024
That channel was removed from YouTube after allegations surfaced against Franke’s estranged wife, Ruby Franke, who later pleaded guilty to four counts of second-degree felony child abuse and is facing up to 60 years in prison.
—Fortesa Latifi, Rolling Stone, 21 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for estranged
Adjective
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But a Brookings Institution analysis reviewed by Axios indicates that alienated men and youths, especially in low-income areas, likely were behind the jump.—
Russell Contreras,
Axios,
2 Jan. 2025
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Feeling alienated from much of 21st-century pop, Perry’s generation needed a lifeline to the past — and the Stewart albums did the trick, even if the formula was hardly fresh.—
David Browne,
Rolling Stone,
26 Dec. 2024
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However, despite their antagonistic relationship over the past decade, the two were seen briefly chatting in what looked like a cordial conversation.—
Mabinty Quarshie,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
11 Jan. 2025
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The refresh comes after Tesla experienced its first year-over-year drop in sales since the company started mass-producing cars in 2012, with CEO Elon Musk’s antagonistic behavior suspected to have contributed to the decline.—
Jess Weatherbed,
The Verge,
10 Jan. 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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Both saw themselves as outsiders in a hostile environment.—
Ruth Margalit,
The New Yorker,
13 Jan. 2025
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Aber’s book is successful in showing that self-hatred is the fruit not of a few particular traumas but rather of a hostile environment’s erosive drip on the psyche.—
Jasmine Vojdani,
Vulture,
13 Jan. 2025
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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
Verb
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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
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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 22 Jan. 2025.
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