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as in foreign
being, relating to, or characteristic of a country other than one's own
they were careful to learn of any alien business customs before trying to expand overseas
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as in irrelevant
not being a vital part of or belonging to something
it's completely alien to her nature to wish evil of anyone
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as in to anger
to cause to change from friendly or loving to unfriendly or uncaring
such angry outbursts will rapidly alien any friends you might possibly have left
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as in to transfer
to give over the legal possession or ownership of
the couple plans to alien the adjoining house lot to their eldest son
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as in stranger
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Recent Examples of alien
Anthony D'alessandro,
Deadline,
19 June 2026
Dawn’s main character, Lilith, awakens in the care of an alien species long after Earth has been destroyed by nuclear war.
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Boris Kachka,
The Atlantic,
19 June 2026
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 June 2026
The alien is first believed to be a villain, but his motivations are slowly revealed to be morally gray.
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Brianne Kane,
Scientific American,
12 June 2026
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Adjective
Steven Spielberg may have an alien pic in theaters with Disclosure Day, but Grande gave the UFO at the end of Close Encounters of the Third Kind a run for its money in terms of sheer climax.
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Anthony D'alessandro,
Deadline,
19 June 2026
Dawn’s main character, Lilith, awakens in the care of an alien species long after Earth has been destroyed by nuclear war.
—
Boris Kachka,
The Atlantic,
19 June 2026
Noun
In the film's final moments, Hugo and his associates wheel a living, breathing alien into the news station.
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Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 June 2026
The alien is first believed to be a villain, but his motivations are slowly revealed to be morally gray.
—
Brianne Kane,
Scientific American,
12 June 2026
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Adjective
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Earlier this month, Anthropic disabled customer access to both Mythos and Fable to comply with the US government’s order to suspend all use by foreign nationals — including Anthropic employees themselves.
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Rothrock said there is no specific type of offender, such as a foreign visitor unaware of American laws.
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To me that’s irrelevant in terms of this storytelling.
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Whether the governmental entity later does anything with the complaint (here, the Board did not) is irrelevant.
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Younger, more far left candidates across the nation, from California to Indiana, are running this year to try and oust older, longtime congressional incumbents — angering Democratic Party leaders.
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Not further angering Republicans took precedence over protecting the creative freedom of CBS’ producing partners.
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The sprawling northern territories clear to the Rocky Mountains and beyond transferred to Mexican control.
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Hayden Schuler has transferred from Sierra Canyon.
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Learn how to cook lionfish ceviche, jerk chicken, and more with a group of like-minded people from all over the world, concluding with an alfresco feast—a true one-of-a-kind connection between strangers.
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Exotic animals in Real County Sheriff Nathan Johnson said the mild climate and rugged terrain of the Texas Hill Country seems to serve as a good stand-in for most of the animals' native African environments, and is no stranger to tracking missing animals, especially after floods.
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Denver’s brass was asked about those comments on Wednesday, and Wallace responded by sharing some thoughts on the team’s internal and external goals.
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Internal balconies were illuminated by faint blue lights in constellation displays, half-hidden among the foliage to create an illusion of the external edifice of some tropical villa.
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Yet meaningful change has been slow to materialize, souring views of Starmer’s premiership and inflicting heavy losses on the Labour Party in local government elections in May, which virtually sealed his fate.
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After their friendship soured, Swift and Lively have apparently been trying to mend their previously unbreakable bond.
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As Jimmy is looking for options to simultaneously cut costs and jettison the property entirely, Sydney is trying to figure out how to do a dinner service with a pantry that’s nearly empty and a former mentor/partner/colleague, in Carmy, who is very bad at actually ceding control.
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And then there was Rafael Devers’ failure to cede first base after a ninth inning walk on Sunday.
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“Alien.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alien. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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