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alienated

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verb

past tense of alienate

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Recent Examples of alienated
Adjective
Drake, Jay-Z, the Weeknd and other major stars have opted out at times, often for several years, but Mason has worked to bring alienated artists back into the fold, and has usually succeeded. Jem Aswad, Variety, 29 July 2026 By the end, he's alienated (sorry) his wife and children, among others. Jesse Hassenger, Entertainment Weekly, 12 June 2026
Verb
The costume misstep happened as Target’s sales have started rebounding from earlier company moves that alienated some customers and from a perception the quality of its stores and merchandise had declined. Nancy Jiang, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026 But in producing and posting videos that feel very much like ads for Higgsfield, both creators left portions of their audiences feeling alienated. Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge, 21 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for alienated
Recent Examples of Synonyms for alienated
Adjective
  • Worse, her estranged sister April (Naomi Watts), a drama queen, and hostile mother, Diane (Dianne Wiest), fly in from their Michigan hair salon to add to Sandra’s suffering.
    Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026
  • European authorities have linked Moscow to a rising number of drone incursions, sabotage incidents, cyberattacks, and other hostile acts across the continent in recent months.
    Anniek Bao, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Sánchez is facing mounting scrutiny amid a prolonged humanitarian crisis in Ceuta, where the flood of thousands of migrants has angered residents in the tiny community, which is ill-equipped to handle such an influx.
    Suman Naishadham, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Prosecutors argued Monday that Kading’s disclosures angered Davis.
    Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • As Iran’s hard-line regime has given way to an even harder-line one, the Administration has effectively ceded control of the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s most significant waterways.
    Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Chances were limited by tight end sets (removing a slot receiver from the formation) and the amount of real estate Wisconsin ceded underneath their coverages.
    Pete Sampson, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • This evolutionary theory of aging is known as antagonistic pleiotropy.
    Venki Ramakrishnan, Scientific American, 15 Sep. 2026
  • But Mark, in Ronson’s telling, quickly grows antagonistic, abruptly asking Ronson to sign an NDA, then later barraging him with suspicious texts and threatening him with a pair of goons.
    Jeremy Gordon, The Atlantic, 14 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Sydney Sweeney is no stranger to starring in a controversial ad — and her latest effort has infuriated female athletes, including Olympians.
    Jake Kanter, Deadline, 14 Sep. 2026
  • But Marcia was beginning to sound like Marcia on the page, Marcia in those essays that both excited and infuriated her readers.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The work was transferred to the Russian Orthodox Church from the State Tretyakov Gallery in 2023, under President Vladimir Putin’s orders.
    News Desk, Artforum, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Cooper Barkate, who transferred with Mensah from Duke, has shown off his playmaking ability with six catches for 83 yards and a touchdown.
    Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 16 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • While Prince William and Prince Harry remain estranged, there have been steps toward reconciliation between Harry and their father, King Charles.
    Simon Perry, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Several years on from that fateful attack, another shocking act of gun violence forces the estranged sisters back together at the insistence of their defense attorney father (Brendan Gleeson).
    Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 10 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The drama reignited a heated debate over the tech threatening to put human creatives in the industry out of a job, a nightmare scenario that has enraged some of the most influential minds in Hollywood.
    Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Monken has decided to stick with Deshaun Watson as his QB1, a move that has confused and enraged some of the fanbase.
    Takashi Williams, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026

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“Alienated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alienated. Accessed 18 Sep. 2026.

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