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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
Elaine Blair, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
These new additions follow the casting of Eva Green, who will play Morticia Addams’ estranged sister, Ophelia.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 23 Feb. 2026
Julie Sharp, CBS News, 19 Feb. 2026
They had been estranged from each other, but the loss was still poignant and painful for Alvarez, particularly when the time came for her daughter to leave for college.
—Autumn Barnes, NPR, 19 Feb. 2026
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Adjective
This particular family is estranged because the parents were scandalized when their daughter Johanna abandoned her young husband and her legal studies for an American art teacher and a career as a painter in the United States.
—Elaine Blair, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
These new additions follow the casting of Eva Green, who will play Morticia Addams’ estranged sister, Ophelia.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 23 Feb. 2026
Verb
The couple had been estranged for 10 years but continued to live in the home together.
—Julie Sharp, CBS News, 19 Feb. 2026
They had been estranged from each other, but the loss was still poignant and painful for Alvarez, particularly when the time came for her daughter to leave for college.
—Autumn Barnes, NPR, 19 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for estranged
Adjective
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This book is a powerful reminder of the purpose and potential of ritual actions, and what role the arts can serve in our alienated and desacralized times.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
4 Mar. 2026
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As performers, Cardellini, Harbour and Bateman have the chemistry that their awkward, alienated characters sometimes don’t.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
1 Mar. 2026
Verb
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But Trump’s decision to use military force to go after foreign leaders is an about-face that has infuriated many of his own MAGA supporters.—
Michael Collins,
USA Today,
4 Mar. 2026
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The move infuriated officials at the Pentagon.—
Victor Tangermann,
Futurism,
4 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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In a film that nimbly walks the tightrope between lightheartedness and weightlessness, Jerry and Mabel’s antagonistic relationship ends up proving the unexpected core of the story.—
Wilson Chapman,
IndieWire,
2 Mar. 2026
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Over the past few years, the tech world has become increasingly hostile to traditional media outlets, dismissing them as technologically illiterate or openly antagonistic toward the industry.—
Diego Lasarte,
New Yorker,
25 Feb. 2026
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This timing angered fans on social media, some of whom accused Antetokounmpo of intentionally stirring trade rumors to drive traffic on the bet.—
Carlos Garcia,
Fortune,
1 Mar. 2026
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Ten people were killed in clashes between security forces at the consulate and protesters angered by the killing of Khamenei.—
Joseph Wilkinson,
New York Daily News,
1 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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This time, the report suggests that Cosco’s ownership stake would vary by port and that some terminals in jurisdictions hostile to China could be carved out.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
4 Mar. 2026
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While the industry has not in recent memory suffered a major disruption due to a hostile attack, smaller-scale DDoS attacks, as well as ransomware attacks, have disrupted pockets of the market.—
Reuters
Wire Service,
Dallas Morning News,
4 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Three of the last four generations of the Windsors were marked by brothers where extremes were reached and their relationships, to put it mildly, soured.—
Geoffrey Greif,
Baltimore Sun,
28 Feb. 2026
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Those hopes were dashed five years later, when after relations soured, the Quechan rose up, killed more than 100 Spanish settlers, priests and soldiers.—
Debra Utacia Krol,
AZCentral.com,
27 Feb. 2026
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Coupled with large reductions to downtown trophy buildings and ever-increasing tax levies from local governments, bills that landed late last year enraged many homeowners.—
A.D. Quig,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Feb. 2026
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Most are evasive, a few are obsequious, many are defiant, a few are enraged, and all appear to feel their lives slipping away under the seemingly boundless force of judicial inquisition.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
19 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Already outraged by the decades-long wait for the park, the local community is up in arms over the prospect of 100 stories of concrete and glass looming over Bushwick Inlet.—
Katherine Thompson,
New York Daily News,
2 Mar. 2026
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And he may well be outraged by the ruling.—
David Pozen,
The Atlantic,
26 Feb. 2026
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“Estranged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/estranged. Accessed 7 Mar. 2026.
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