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to cause to change from friendly or loving to unfriendly or uncaring
she estranged several of her coworkers when she let her promotion go to her head
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Recent Examples of estranged
Carly Tagen-Dye,
PEOPLE,
17 June 2026
Their two daughters, 13-year-old Elliott and 9-year-old Lyric, are still the glue holding the estranged parents together.
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Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
17 June 2026
Brian Boucher,
ARTnews.com,
5 June 2026
The two were estranged at the time; still, as next of kin, O’Neill was tasked with the choice of whether to donate his organs.
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Arizona O'Neill,
Longreads,
19 May 2026
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Adjective
Set in Mexico City, the novel centers on estranged twins Francisca and Pablo, who reunite at Francisca's home in the capital.
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Carly Tagen-Dye,
PEOPLE,
17 June 2026
Their two daughters, 13-year-old Elliott and 9-year-old Lyric, are still the glue holding the estranged parents together.
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Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
17 June 2026
Verb
Hans died in 1978, estranged from Edith and Nickolas.
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Brian Boucher,
ARTnews.com,
5 June 2026
The two were estranged at the time; still, as next of kin, O’Neill was tasked with the choice of whether to donate his organs.
—
Arizona O'Neill,
Longreads,
19 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for estranged
Adjective
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By the end, he's alienated (sorry) his wife and children, among others.
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Angry, alienated men have taken shots at the president, stormed the Capitol, and attacked state legislators in their homes.
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He's deployed thousands of National Guard troops — who remain in the city — and launched a 30-day federal takeover of the Metropolitan Police Department to combat crime that infuriated many residents.
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The decision to send in state troopers – some on horseback – infuriated many protesters while drawing praise from Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin.
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The cowgirl character teams with old friend Woody (Tom Hanks) and Buzz Lightyear (Tim Allen) to battle a tech takeover of their home from an antagonistic frog tablet named Lilypad (Greta Lee).
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And given this context, Anthropic’s actions are viewed by many within Washington as not simply unwise, but actively antagonistic.
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Though both agree that in real life, Berlant would fit in more easily than Early, who, during a break from the shoot, angered a trio of local Hamptonites merely by using the bathroom at a Citarella.
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Though net migration is down, many are angered by migrants entering the country illegally — specifically the sight of people, often escaping war zones such as Afghanistan and Sudan, arriving on British shores in inflatable boats after making the dangerous journey across the English Channel.
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The complaint alleges that school officials at Southern Hills Middle School failed to stop two years of antisemitic harassment against an eighth grader even after investigations concluded the student faced a hostile environment.
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Create an internal incident map and begin tagging hostile actions according to the DISARM taxonomy.
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After their friendship soured, Swift and Lively have apparently been trying to mend their previously unbreakable bond.
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But over the past year, the mood has soured.
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While the sticker shock of what is typically a $13 trip enraged the masses—the price was initially announced at $150 in April, before it got knocked down to 98 bucks in the face of public backlash—some observers, particularly those from Europe, scoffed at all the outrage.
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His wealth explosion has inspired his devotees, exhilarated his investors, vexed the skeptical and enraged those calling for higher taxes on the ultra-rich.
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However, Italy released him on a technicality, after which he was expelled to Libya, which outraged human rights groups and prompted the ICC to open an inquiry into why Italy released him instead of sending him to The Hague.
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So why isn't the media outraged about it?
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“Estranged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/estranged. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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