castaway 1 of 2

as in reject
one who is cast out or rejected by society one theory is that Easter Island was first settled by castaways from Polynesia

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adjective

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Recent Examples of castaway
Adjective
The package also includes daily breakfast and dinner and a bottle of champagne, and add-ons include a private dinner aboard a yacht, a castaway picnic lunch on a private island, and filling your private pool with red roses. Devorah Lev-Tov, Robb Report, 13 Feb. 2025 Creative decor with upcycled and reclaimed materials, retractable roofs for stargazing from bed From $4,400/night Book now Soneva brought its castaway fantasy to new heights with the May 2024 opening of a third Maldivian hideaway that’s its grandest—and smallest—resort to date. Jennifer Flowers, AFAR Media, 3 Apr. 2025 The package also includes daily breakfast and dinner and a bottle of champagne, and add-ons include a private dinner aboard a yacht, a castaway picnic lunch on a private island, and filling your private pool with red roses. Devorah Lev-Tov, Robb Report, 13 Feb. 2025 The Maldives Best for: Romance, castaway vibes, and overwater excess Dotted across an astoundingly blue Indian Ocean is Asia’s smallest country, an archipelago of 1,192 coralline islets, only 200 of which are inhabited. Paul Rubio, AFAR Media, 23 Dec. 2024 Watching the castaway characters navigate the unknown, despite its violence and ridiculousness, has been a soothing reprieve from the casual chaos of my own everyday life. Vox Staff, Vox, 23 Dec. 2024 Your privileged castaway journey begins in Long Beach, 30 to 60 minutes from Anaheim by car depending on the time of day. Paula Conway, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024 Inspired by the true story of Marguerite de La Rocque, Allegra Goodman’s latest novel is a feminist castaway tale about love, faith, and self-actualization. Shannon Carlin, TIME, 17 Dec. 2024 The first teaser trailer for Yellowjackets season three is finally here, and the series is shaping up to be as juicy as a thigh from a castaway soccer player. Abby Monteil, Them, 9 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for castaway
Noun
  • The modern reject rejects the academic consensus on everything from the science of vaccines to the benefits of free trade.
    Zack Beauchamp, Vox, 12 Mar. 2025
  • Still, the rejects are legion: Amy Sedaris, Tiffany Haddish, Jim Carrey, Nick Kroll, Aubrey Plaza, John Goodman, Geena Davis, Jennifer Aniston, Andrea Martin, Zach Galifianakis, Paul Reubens.
    Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 14 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • These final years are sometimes treated as a lost period, because Twain’s writing grew bitter and cynical and unpalatable to those more interested in pleasing escapades.
    Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 9 May 2025
  • For businesses, this represents both a lost opportunity to boost overall productivity and a potential driver of widening gaps between workers, Humlum said.
    Bob Violino, CNBC, 8 May 2025
Noun
  • Wednesday is the most outcast of them all, heeding no rules but her own.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
  • Without possessing shiny superpowers, the outcasts that make up the Thunderbolts are forced to face their realities without the chasing fandoms and public support.
    Malik Peay, Essence, 8 May 2025
Adjective
  • Although she was set to present the award for duo of the year alongside her longtime partner Kristian Bush, the artist was noticeably absent when the cameras panned to Bush, 55, who delivered his speech solo from the award stage.
    Chris Barilla, People.com, 9 May 2025
  • But former President George W. Bush was noticeably absent from the gathering to celebrate his mother, as was his younger brother, former Florida governor Jeb Bush.
    Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 9 May 2025
Noun
  • That’s your idea of escaping a leper’s life?
    Lee Chang-dong, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2024
  • Not to die having lived my last days as a leper.
    Lee Chang-dong, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • By the time the missing money is discovered, tracing it back to the scammer can be extremely difficult.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 18 May 2025
  • Here's what researchers found Both studies found that a small missing piece of DNA code located next to the Rho GTPase-activating protein (ARHGAP36) resulted in orange fur coloration.
    Greta Cross, USA Today, 17 May 2025
Noun
  • The Biden administration repeatedly used such votes to depict Russia as a pariah state.
    Dave Lawler, Axios, 4 Mar. 2025
  • The pariahs deemed monstrous, Ne Zha included, might have within them a more commendable moral compass.
    Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 2 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Foundation, which last dropped a fresh episode back in September 2023, follows a band of exiles on their journey to save humanity and rebuild civilization amid the fall of the Galactic Empire.
    Rebecca Luther, TVLine, 7 May 2025
  • Based on Isaac Asimov’s trilogy, season 3 continues the epic chronicle of a band of exiles on their monumental journey to save humanity and rebuild civilization amid the fall of the Galactic Empire.
    Denise Petski, Deadline, 7 May 2025

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