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With Trump regaining the White House and titans like Larry Ellison, Tim Cook and Jeff Bezos cozying up to the administration, conservatives have begun to shed their pariah status.
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Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 9 Oct. 2025
Under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the world's only Jewish state is increasingly seen as an international pariah because of the scale of Palestinian deaths in Gaza.
—Romina Ruiz-Goiriena, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
Between the 1950s and 1990s, South Africa faced a strong boycott movement that, little by little, turned it into a pariah.
—Lauren Kent, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2025
Prince Andrew is pretty much already a pariah.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 23 Sep. 2025
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Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 9 Oct. 2025
Under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the world's only Jewish state is increasingly seen as an international pariah because of the scale of Palestinian deaths in Gaza.
—Romina Ruiz-Goiriena, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
Between the 1950s and 1990s, South Africa faced a strong boycott movement that, little by little, turned it into a pariah.
—Lauren Kent, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2025
Prince Andrew is pretty much already a pariah.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 23 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pariah
Noun
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Unfortunate outcast kids Lilly (Clara Stack), Ronnie (Amanda Christine), Phil (Jack Molloy Legault) and Terry (Mikkal Karim Fidler) are at the center of the mysterious disappearances and the supernatural horrors, to their very poor luck and dismay of the adults in their lives.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
23 Oct. 2025
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This film is truly the stuff of teen-outcast nightmares.—
Emma Specter,
Vogue,
19 Oct. 2025
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Daryl hit the road this week on The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon, befriending a community of lepers before taking a ride on the rails, zombie apocalypse-style.—
Dave Nemetz,
TVLine,
5 Oct. 2025
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Meanwhile, in a remote leper village, a handsome stranger brings hope with miraculous cures until doubts grow about whether his help may come at a terrible cost.—
Liz Shackleton,
Deadline,
19 Sep. 2025
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In it, Jackson Lamb (Oldman), River Cartwright (Jack Lowden) and the rest of the MI5 rejects are on the case — and a bit on the defense.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Sep. 2025
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As the saying goes, nobody wants to sit at the reject table.—
Pamela N. Danziger,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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However, at least five expeditions to the island and the surrounding waters since 2010 have failed to find definitive proof that Earhart and Noonan were castaways.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
28 Oct. 2025
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Previous castaways that will play (again) in the 50th season have been announced via CBS's Instagram.—
Sarah Moore,
Freep.com,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Pariah.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pariah. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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