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Recent Examples of pariah
Russia has become a pariah to the G7 because of [its] invasion.
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Yvonne Lau, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2022
In the meantime, some see Biden as having compromised on some of his promises to put human rights at the center of his agenda, including a pledge to make Saudi Arabia a pariah because of the brutal murder of U.S.-based journalist Jamal Khashoggi and other attempts to silence dissidents.
—Noah Bierman, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2022
Lee was viewed as a pariah by many afterward, and subjected to death threats, but her qualms about granting a president too much power are now echoed by politicians in both parties.
—Staff Writer
follow, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2023
The Democrats are helping a far-right election denier who has become a pariah within her party in her race against a less extreme, but still election-denying, conservative.
—BostonGlobe.com, 14 Feb. 2023
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Yvonne Lau, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2022
In the meantime, some see Biden as having compromised on some of his promises to put human rights at the center of his agenda, including a pledge to make Saudi Arabia a pariah because of the brutal murder of U.S.-based journalist Jamal Khashoggi and other attempts to silence dissidents.
—Noah Bierman, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2022
Lee was viewed as a pariah by many afterward, and subjected to death threats, but her qualms about granting a president too much power are now echoed by politicians in both parties.
—Staff Writer
follow, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2023
The Democrats are helping a far-right election denier who has become a pariah within her party in her race against a less extreme, but still election-denying, conservative.
—BostonGlobe.com, 14 Feb. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pariah
Noun
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There is also new character, a Nazi collaborator from World War 2 who is a social outcast.—
Stewart Clarke,
Deadline,
4 Apr. 2025
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But sheer athleticism won’t turn him into a celebrity, and his demeanor doesn’t endear him to people—Majors plays Maddox as a sullen and tightly wound outcast whose environment shapes his isolation.—
Hannah Giorgis,
The Atlantic,
4 Apr. 2025
Noun
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In this story, Buddha reaches out to the homeless leper teaching us that true compassion transcends fear and stigma.—
Rabbi Dana Magat,
The Mercury News,
18 Mar. 2025
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Winning Is Everything, Stupid, by Matt Tyrnauer, goes deep into what shaped James Carville’s incorrigible character, including his Catholic, working-class youth in Carville—a Louisiana town with fewer than 900 inhabitants, almost half of them inmates at the local leper colony.—
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airmail.news,
3 Oct. 2024
Noun
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The modern reject rejects the academic consensus on everything from the science of vaccines to the benefits of free trade.—
Zack Beauchamp,
Vox,
12 Mar. 2025
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Still, the rejects are legion: Amy Sedaris, Tiffany Haddish, Jim Carrey, Nick Kroll, Aubrey Plaza, John Goodman, Geena Davis, Jennifer Aniston, Andrea Martin, Zach Galifianakis, Paul Reubens.—
Christopher Borrelli,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Feb. 2025
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“Pariah.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pariah. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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