aliens 1 of 2

present tense third-person singular of alien

aliens

2 of 2

noun

plural of alien

Example Sentences

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Verb
  • And nothing angers the Survivor gods more than reality TV hubris.
    Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Kirk assassination angers and unsettles leaders, residents The assassination of Kirk, which happened in front of hundreds of people and was captured on video and widely circulated on social media, has in particular rattled the nation and drawn condemnation from across the political spectrum.
    Mark Vancleave, Twin Cities, 13 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The midfield is manned by the rotation of seniors Gael Ruiz (Hilltop and Christian high schools), Cal State San Marcos transfers Curtis Collazos and Diego Chavez, freshman Inaki Santamarina and Sagal.
    Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Oct. 2025
  • The strategy transfers your pretax or nondeductible IRA funds to a Roth IRA to kickstart future tax-free growth.
    Kate Dore, CFP®, EA, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Five foreigners were injured at the base camp on Mount Yalung Ri, located at 16,070 feet.
    Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 3 Nov. 2025
  • The foreigners, almost without exception, refuse to formally abjure Christianity, though that is one way to gain liberty.
    Dennis Harvey, Variety, 31 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Investigative reporting is bad enough; often what really infuriates him is jokes.
    David Remnick, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Elsewhere, the photo of Cartman is a reference to his reaction of Clyde’s incendiary new podcast that has a right wing theme that infuriates the perpetual instigator.
    Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Unlike Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World or Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn, though, Dracula lacks a true lead character—an effect of the film’s anthology format that ultimately cedes space to Jude’s AI imagery.
    Andy Crump, Time, 31 Oct. 2025
  • But at this year's Japan Mobility Show, the Delica cedes the stage to an even cooler Mitsubishi camping rig, a futuristic concept combo that expands into a multi-room base camp.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 29 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Saito doesn't hesitate to stay at strangers' homes.
    Kelly Meyerhofer, jsonline.com, 4 Nov. 2025
  • In Vincent Must Die, random strangers have suddenly started attacking Vincent with murderous intent.
    Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 31 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Content that outrages, polarizes or triggers anxiety keeps us watching.
    Avital Pardo, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Center assigns them to specific flight routes and schedules where scientists think in-situ data would improve the forecasts as much as possible.
    Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Prediction platform Polymarket currently assigns just a 6 percent probability that Sherrill will win the race by a margin of 15 percentage points or more, suggesting that while a decisive victory remains possible, forecasters see it as improbable.
    Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
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“Aliens.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aliens. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.

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