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Recent Examples of castaways
Other castaways include Season 1’s Jenna Lewis-Dougherty, Season 2’s Colby Donaldson, and Cirie Fields, competing for the fifth time.
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Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 5 Mar. 2026
During the three-hour premiere, viewers saw not one, but two of the initial 24 castaways sent home.
—Bebe Hodges, Cincinnati Enquirer, 5 Mar. 2026
The show quickly became a phenomenon, and along with watching castaways eat (and call each other) rats, viewers took note of Probst.
—Paige Cornwell, Twin Cities, 1 Mar. 2026
There are 24 castaways in season 50, who all have made previous appearances multiple times, dating back to season one.
—Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 26 Feb. 2026
Host Jeff Probst and 24 castaways will take on the landmark 50th season of the show, where only one can come out as the winner.
—Josh Kelly, Oklahoman, 25 Feb. 2026
For more than 25 years, Probst has taken castaways and their fans to secluded locations for high-stakes adventures.
—Madeline Montgomery, CBS News, 25 Feb. 2026
Survivor 50‘s cast consists of 24 returning castaways, bringing back legends from across the show’s history.
—Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 25 Feb. 2026
Clips include highlights of the most epic moments from the franchise plus clips of the season 50 contestants on their past seasons to go with comments from some of the castaways.
—Christopher Kuhagen, jsonline.com, 25 Feb. 2026
Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 5 Mar. 2026
During the three-hour premiere, viewers saw not one, but two of the initial 24 castaways sent home.
—Bebe Hodges, Cincinnati Enquirer, 5 Mar. 2026
The show quickly became a phenomenon, and along with watching castaways eat (and call each other) rats, viewers took note of Probst.
—Paige Cornwell, Twin Cities, 1 Mar. 2026
There are 24 castaways in season 50, who all have made previous appearances multiple times, dating back to season one.
—Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 26 Feb. 2026
Host Jeff Probst and 24 castaways will take on the landmark 50th season of the show, where only one can come out as the winner.
—Josh Kelly, Oklahoman, 25 Feb. 2026
For more than 25 years, Probst has taken castaways and their fans to secluded locations for high-stakes adventures.
—Madeline Montgomery, CBS News, 25 Feb. 2026
Survivor 50‘s cast consists of 24 returning castaways, bringing back legends from across the show’s history.
—Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 25 Feb. 2026
Clips include highlights of the most epic moments from the franchise plus clips of the season 50 contestants on their past seasons to go with comments from some of the castaways.
—Christopher Kuhagen, jsonline.com, 25 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for castaways
Noun
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There are no varsity quarterbacks or Olympic hopefuls among these quirkmasters, just a heaping of outcasts who believe their lot in life rests on words like capybara and tittup.—
David John Chávez,
Mercury News,
2 Mar. 2026
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If 12-step groups are the place for misfits and outcasts to find each other, then the Yellow Balloon folk and the Dopes of Dopey Nation are the fringe of the fringe — the misfits of the misfits, the outcasts of the outcasts.—
David Manheim,
Rolling Stone,
19 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Remember, the Lord Jesus did not fear lepers, and leprosy was (and continues to be) a highly contagious infectious disease.—
Beth Mole,
ArsTechnica,
15 Sep. 2025
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The town serves as the backdrop for what many surrounding the production consider the creative high point of the season — an episode 5 spaghetti western side mission that involves lepers, eye-gauging vultures, and a train pulled by zombies.—
Dalton Ross,
EW.com,
26 Aug. 2025
Noun
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In it, Jackson Lamb (Oldman), River Cartwright (Jack Lowden) and the rest of the MI5 rejects are on the case — and a bit on the defense.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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De Zayas, for example, isn’t buying Diaz-Canal’s offer to Cuban exiles.—
Amanda Rosa,
Miami Herald,
13 Mar. 2026
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The original plan in Iraq called for a rapid transfer of power to a group of exiles in the spring of 2003, followed by early elections and the withdrawal of all but 30,000 American troops by summer’s end.—
George Packer,
The Atlantic,
2 Mar. 2026
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The 49ers, under coach Kyle Shanahan and general manager John Lynch, have not shied away from bringing back castoffs.—
Cam Inman,
Mercury News,
3 Mar. 2026
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Ira, so with a trade the team will be Bam Adebayo, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Nikola Jovic and a bunch of G Leaguers or castoffs.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
4 Feb. 2026
Noun
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These factors have turned the Ellisons into Murdoch-like pariahs among many Democrats, and have brought together a somewhat ideologically diverse antitrust coalition, ranging from the more centrist wing of the Democratic Party to the progressive left.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
6 Mar. 2026
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Traditionally, scientists and doctors who have questioned vaccine safety, and even the benefits of vaccines, have quickly become pariahs.—
Will Carless,
USA Today,
20 Jan. 2026
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“Castaways.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/castaways. Accessed 17 Mar. 2026.
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