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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castaway

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adjective

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Recent Examples of castaway
Noun
And his castaway shipmate has marvelously oversized whiskers, formidable fangs and a ravenous appetite. Christopher Smith, Oc Register, 5 June 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 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for castaway
Noun
  • Wellington’s Burgess promises that individual investors in the Wellington-Vanguard-Blackstone product will have access to the same private funds as Blackstone’s institutional clients—not the rejects.
    Hank Tucker, Forbes.com, 24 July 2025
  • There were some rejects that actually seemed appealing, such as 2NDWIND, which would give the impression that driver is in a good place, maybe even starting a new career, hobby or sports.
    Staff report, Hartford Courant, 13 June 2025
Adjective
  • Search and Rescue volunteer Carey Davis said the detail typically rescues lost hikers, people with dementia who have wandered away, and missing persons including children.
    Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Aug. 2025
  • That means those who haven't read the book may feel a bit lost while watching.
    Chris Snellgrove, EW.com, 12 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • At that moment, America transformed an international outcast into a guest of honour.
    Andy J. Semotiuk, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2025
  • This is most evident with the character of Freddy, an outcast who briefly feels better about himself after going to a salon for a makeover before an interview for his dream job.
    Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 15 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Midnights has not been absent from the Official Albums chart for long.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
  • But Stevenson was absent from the joint practice session on Wednesday, and Vrabel announced that the 27-year-old is now dealing with an injury of some kind.
    Jon Vankin, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The regime turns the former leper hospital into a place of death, where the prisoners are subjected to repression in a place of astounding beauty.
    Zac Ntim, Deadline, 13 Aug. 2025
  • Its history is complicated, having served as a leper colony for a hundred years.
    Juliana Shallcross, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Feb. 2023
Adjective
  • The twin bells at Urakami Cathedral, which was destroyed in the bombing, also rang together again after one of the bells that had gone missing following the attack was restored by volunteers.
    Mari Yamaguchi, Chicago Tribune, 9 Aug. 2025
  • The Sheriff’s Office was notified shortly before 10 p.m. Thursday that Odin Upton had gone missing from his home near Browning Road in Gentry, according to the release.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 8 Aug. 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
  • By the end of the story, Anatevka’s entire Jewish population will be forced into exile.
    Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Aug. 2025
  • That support must be extended to exiles and our institutions.
    SVIATLANA TSIKHANOUSKAYA, Foreign Affairs, 8 Aug. 2025

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