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as in angered
to cause to change from friendly or loving to unfriendly or uncaring
her changed position on the issue surprised and alienated many of her supporters
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as in ceded
to give over the legal possession or ownership of
landowners have a right to alienate their right of ownership—in other words, they can sell the land if they want to
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Recent Examples of alienated
Jeremy Gordon, The Atlantic, 12 Sep. 2025
Too many people are spending those years anxious, angry, alienated.
—Big Think, 9 Sep. 2025
Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2025
As the 2024 election strongly indicated, Democrats alienated a sizable share of the electorate with their recent move to the left.
—Douglas Schoen, Oc Register, 26 Sep. 2025
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Adjective
An alienated professor takes up weight lifting and ranting in Jordan Castro’s perceptive new novel, Muscle Man.
—Jeremy Gordon, The Atlantic, 12 Sep. 2025
Too many people are spending those years anxious, angry, alienated.
—Big Think, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
Rensch was told chess was his life’s purpose—and he was alienated from his family in the pursuit of greatness.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2025
As the 2024 election strongly indicated, Democrats alienated a sizable share of the electorate with their recent move to the left.
—Douglas Schoen, Oc Register, 26 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for alienated
Adjective
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Heading into a hostile environment at the Rogers Centre, the Dodgers must defeat the Toronto Blue Jays in Games 6 and 7 to clinch their second-straight World Series title.—
Jackson Roberts,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
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Plot details are very hazy, but the word on the street is that the story centers on a ne’er-do-well smuggler who finds himself in the middle of a deadly double-cross while on a job in the Caribbean Sea, resulting in him surrounded by bodies, hostile mercenaries and thirsty sharks alike.—
Borys Kit,
HollywoodReporter,
31 Oct. 2025
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And that angered the most important voters in New Jersey, Martha, the independents.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
2 Nov. 2025
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That loss of sales has already angered many Midwestern soybean farmers, who see the administration’s Argentina outreach as benefiting a competitor while leaving American exporters disadvantaged.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Oct. 2025
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In the lush Bujang Valley, farmers live in the long shadow of the 1909 Anglo-Siamese Treaty (also known as the Bangkok Treaty), in which Thailand ceded a portion of its southern land to Malaysia, which was then a British protectorate.—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Oct. 2025
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Those vets ceded the stage in Game 1 to Trey Yesavage, a 22-year-old who grew up about 45 miles north of Philadelphia.—
Andy McCullough,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Conversely, after Lai used less antagonistic language toward China in speeches this May and October, China declined to hold large military drills.—
STEPHEN WERTHEIM,
Foreign Affairs,
28 Oct. 2025
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The old-school business models used to support this sort of antagonistic reporting because the papers were subsidized by classified ads and lifestyle coverage.—
David Wingrave,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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Some of these killings infuriated local residents, many of whom believe killing bears should be the last resort.—
Ishani Desai,
Sacbee.com,
25 Oct. 2025
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That has infuriated business leaders who complain it makes the state less competitive and drives away the wealthy.—
Fortune,
Fortune,
21 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Ra Shaya Kyle, a 6-6 center, transferred to Miami from the University of Florida.—
Michelle Kaufman,
Miami Herald,
2 Nov. 2025
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The announcement said the bodies would be transferred to Israel, where they will be honored in a military ceremony led by the Chief Military Rabbi.—
Emma Bussey,
FOXNews.com,
2 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Father Mother Sister Brother tells the story of estranged siblings who reunite after years apart and are forced to confront unresolved tensions and reevaluate their strained relationships with their emotionally distant parents.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
31 Oct. 2025
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Anthony Hopkins' olive branch to reconnect with his estranged daughter was denied more than 20 years ago.—
Tracy Wright,
FOXNews.com,
29 Oct. 2025
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There are also wooden pews made for the school’s Bond Chapel and 72,000 glass slides from the art-history department, all of which were bequeathed to Gates over the years.—
Elizabeth Cantrell,
Travel + Leisure,
26 Sep. 2025
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Following her death in 2022, the tiara was bequeathed to Queen Camilla.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Alienated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alienated. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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