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Recent Examples of castaways
The show, which ran for three seasons from 1964 to 1967, centered around seven castaways who have to survive after getting shipwrecked on an uncharted island.
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Daysia Tolentino, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Dec. 2025
Both she and her ally, Velovic, were named as the final two castaways among the returning 24 stars.
—Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 18 Dec. 2025
For the immunity challenge, castaways need to balance a ball at the end of a plank, and whoever lasts the longest wins immunity.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 11 Dec. 2025
Previous castaways that will play (again) in the 50th season have been announced via CBS's Instagram.
—Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 20 Nov. 2025
Daysia Tolentino, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Dec. 2025
Both she and her ally, Velovic, were named as the final two castaways among the returning 24 stars.
—Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 18 Dec. 2025
For the immunity challenge, castaways need to balance a ball at the end of a plank, and whoever lasts the longest wins immunity.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 11 Dec. 2025
Previous castaways that will play (again) in the 50th season have been announced via CBS's Instagram.
—Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 20 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for castaways
Noun
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When snowboarding was first created, mountains banned snowboards from ski lifts because they were stigmatized by association with outcasts and misfits.—
Bailey Richards,
PEOPLE,
5 Jan. 2026
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Oak Lawn’s history of being a haven for the LGBTQ community dates back to the mid-1900s when LGBTQ people were outcasts — and considered criminals.—
Timia Cobb
Breaking News Reporter,
Dallas Morning News,
5 Jan. 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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Installing exiles with no domestic base is a recipe for failure.—
Bobby Ghosh,
Time,
9 Jan. 2026
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There are 8 million Venezuelan exiles who, if they could be persuaded to return, might make a difference.—
Nolan Finley,
Twin Cities,
9 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The series, based on novels by Mick Herron, follows a band of castoffs from the British national security service who are relegated to a ramshackle office building, with Lamb at its head.—
Barbara Ellis,
Denver Post,
20 Oct. 2025
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Yet Lemaire, his coaching staff and a bunch of expansion castoffs competed valiantly, and in 2003, just the third year of the franchise, rallied from a pair of 3-1 series deficits to shock the hockey world and advance to the Western Conference final.—
Michael Russo,
New York Times,
11 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Few if any of the originators attend now that the Santas are less social pariahs and law breakers and more fraternity brothers and junior bankers.—
Chuck Palahniuk,
Vulture,
13 Nov. 2025
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This suggests that the Kinahans remain bedfellows with geopolitical pariahs.—
Ed Caesar,
New Yorker,
20 Oct. 2025
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“Castaways.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/castaways. Accessed 15 Jan. 2026.
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