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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
Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 7 Nov. 2025
Cast aside by her clan, an alien hunter (Elle Fanning) and her unlikely ally embark on a journey together to face a mutual adversary.
—Rebecca Aizin, PEOPLE, 7 Nov. 2025
Christian Holub, EW.com, 22 Feb. 2023
While on Earth, Thomas patents alien technology and gets very rich, with the intention of using it to build a vessel to bring water home.
—Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Sep. 2022
Elyssa Goodman, Them., 23 Dec. 2025
After Momo saves Okarun from bullies, an argument erupts between the ghost-believing Momo and the alien-believing Okarun.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 21 Dec. 2025
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Adjective
Really, who wouldn’t want to see a battle between bows and arrows and a hyper-advanced alien species with a penchant for trophy hunting?
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 7 Nov. 2025
Cast aside by her clan, an alien hunter (Elle Fanning) and her unlikely ally embark on a journey together to face a mutual adversary.
—Rebecca Aizin, PEOPLE, 7 Nov. 2025
Verb
In particular, artist Bryan Hitch's work with writer Mark Millar on The Ultimates made the Avengers cool and provided a useful blueprint for the eventual Marvel Cinematic Universe (from inventing the Chitauri aliens to drawing Nick Fury to look like Samuel L. Jackson).
—Christian Holub, EW.com, 22 Feb. 2023
While on Earth, Thomas patents alien technology and gets very rich, with the intention of using it to build a vessel to bring water home.
—Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Sep. 2022
Noun
During the match, between Neon’s longstanding character, the three-nosed alien Gorleenyah, and the ICE agent, performer Chiquitita took to the stage to speak unplanned after Ellery handed her the microphone.
—Elyssa Goodman, Them., 23 Dec. 2025
After Momo saves Okarun from bullies, an argument erupts between the ghost-believing Momo and the alien-believing Okarun.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 21 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for alien
Adjective
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All face charges of providing material support to a foreign terrorist organization, and additional juvenile cases may be under seal.—
Jasmine Baehr,
FOXNews.com,
9 Nov. 2025
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There’s big studio stuff coming from Pixar or DreamWorks and nothing else except foreign films that get brought in.—
Marta Balaga,
Variety,
8 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Sure, pundits and Twitter philosophers love to portray bowl games as irrelevant relics of the past that nobody cares about anymore.—
Mike Bianchi,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 Jan. 2026
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The characters are lying, to themselves and to each other, but the role of the audience in believing or not believing their lies is totally irrelevant.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Jan. 2026
Verb
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With an economy that is persistently reliant on crude, pursuing policies that raise energy costs risks angering constituents.—
Justin Worland,
Time,
9 Jan. 2026
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The board instead approved a resolution to reexamine current campus spaces, angering some parents.—
Imani Cruzen,
Twin Cities,
7 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Officers in certain other units, such as foot patrol and community resource officers, had been transferred to nightly patrol shifts.—
Shomik Mukherjee,
Mercury News,
8 Jan. 2026
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Windward maritime intelligence analyst Michelle Wiese Bockmann claimed the Marinera’s ownership had just been transferred to Burevestmarin LLC, a Russian company.—
Emma Bussey,
FOXNews.com,
8 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The long, shared table in the center of the room where your elbows grazed both friends and strangers alike was always a vibe.—
Heidi Finley,
Charlotte Observer,
6 Jan. 2026
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In some instances, the show betrays a familiar upper-middle-class, blue-state gaze, depicting certain Americans as strangers to be managed, not people to be known.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
6 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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The film begins with marital and financial stressors and exacerbates them with the influence of predatory external forces.—
Alan Bradley,
Space.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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Back up critical data to both an external drive and cloud storage.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
7 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Milk can be soured by combining 1 tablespoon vinegar or lemon juice and enough milk to measure 1 cup.—
Molly Guthrey,
Twin Cities,
8 Nov. 2025
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Not even a meta ending that pushes that idea to its logical breaking point can sour you on it.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
7 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Europe has already ceded plenty of ground to keep the US on-side.—
Christian Edwards,
CNN Money,
9 Jan. 2026
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Failing to even make the playoffs, the Chiefs ceded the favorite spot to the Philadelphia Eagles after Week 11.—
Scott Phillips,
New York Times,
5 Jan. 2026
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“Alien.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alien. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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