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alienated

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verb

past tense of alienate

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Recent Examples of alienated
Adjective
As sports leagues have expanded from four channels to an endless array of options that now includes streaming apps, bars and restaurants are forced to make a hard choice that will cost them either money up front, or customers lost/alienated. Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 May 2026 In 1987, such genuine earnestness in a song that was actually about something was novel and welcome to listeners like me, who felt alienated by Top 40 radio but were too sheltered to encounter, let alone embrace, hardcore or rap. Dan Kois, Pitchfork, 17 May 2026
Verb
Visiting New York shortly after September 11th, Habermas was alienated by an upsurge of patriotic blather and xenophobia. Alex Ross, New Yorker, 15 June 2026 Cody Campbell and Texas Tech’s image problem By supporting Sorsby, the Red Raiders’ leadership alienated not just those outside their community, but in it. Mac Engel june 12, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for alienated
Recent Examples of Synonyms for alienated
Adjective
  • Islamic extremism remains the biggest threat but over the past five years, threats from far-right groups and hostile states have significantly grown, said Laurence Taylor, head of counterterrorism police.
    ABC News, ABC News, 9 July 2026
  • Officials said the aircraft will strengthen surveillance over vast northern waters and improve Denmark’s ability to detect hostile submarines operating in the region.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 8 July 2026
Verb
  • They also have been angered by Kennedy’s attempts to link vaccines to autism, going against decades of research that show no such link, and his framing of autism as a debilitating disease.
    Annie Ma, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
  • They've also been angered by Kennedy's attempts to link vaccines to autism, going against decades of research that show no such link, and his framing of autism as a debilitating disease.
    ABC News, ABC News, 1 July 2026
Verb
  • The Microsoft 365 Copilot AI assistant has yet to gain anything approaching ubiquity in the business world, and the GitHub Copilot coding agent has ceded market share to newer players.
    Jordan Novet, CNBC, 2 July 2026
  • This strategy contrasts with running brands like On and Hoka, reporting clear sales growth in performance running, a segment Nike ceded.
    Gabriel Alin Zainescu, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
Adjective
  • Either way, the development is a public embarrassment for Ducks general manager Pat Verbeek, whose antagonistic, foot-dragging attitude in negotiations with his young core finally cost him dearly.
    Greg Beacham, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
  • Trump has long maintained a complicated, often antagonistic relationship with Swift.
    Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 5 July 2026
Verb
  • The View From the FCC’s flank The FCC’s aggressive pressure on news networks has infuriated the dissenting member of the commission.
    Max Tani, semafor.com, 6 July 2026
  • They’re infuriated with a military that turned out to repress civilian protests in recent years, but appeared slow to mobilize in support of earthquake victims this week.
    Tibisay Zea, Christian Science Monitor, 3 July 2026
Verb
  • The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California displays another former Air Force One jet, but it wasn't transferred there until 2003, 14 years after his presidency.
    Zac Anderson, USA Today, 10 July 2026
  • It is rumored that he will be transferred from German club SC Freiburg to English Premier League giant Newcastle.
    PJ Green, Kansas City Star, 10 July 2026
Adjective
  • Decades later, Guinevere brings out her ghostwritten memoir at the exact moment her estranged sibling announces an art installation called Mother.
    Hamilton Cain, Time, 7 July 2026
  • On Monday, July 6, royal sources said the estranged prince would not be able to stay at Buckingham Palace after missing the deadline to respond to an accommodation offer from the king.
    Jennifer Hassan, USA Today, 7 July 2026
Verb
  • Despite his concessions to the SSPX, Francis enraged many Catholic traditionalists by reversing Benedict's relaxation on celebrating the old Latin Mass for the broader Catholic Church.
    ABC News, ABC News, 1 July 2026
  • The story enraged campus and district officials and played a role in Stapleton’s ousting, despite a later retraction.
    Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2026

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“Alienated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alienated. Accessed 11 Jul. 2026.

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