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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
Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 7 Apr. 2026
On the personal front, the 77-year-old monarch is still undergoing treatment for cancer and will face questions about not seeing his estranged son, Prince Harry, who is now based in California.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 6 Apr. 2026
Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE, 30 Mar. 2026
We’ve been estranged for a while.
—Jesse Eisenberg, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
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Adjective
Though both are from different sets of parents, the estranged brothers keep being brought in and out of each other’s lives due to death and other circumstances, with Ruben exerting a disturbing hold on Niall.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 7 Apr. 2026
On the personal front, the 77-year-old monarch is still undergoing treatment for cancer and will face questions about not seeing his estranged son, Prince Harry, who is now based in California.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 6 Apr. 2026
Verb
Although Meghan and Thomas have been estranged for years, the Duchess of Sussex reached out to her father after learning about his leg amputation.
—Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE, 30 Mar. 2026
We’ve been estranged for a while.
—Jesse Eisenberg, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for estranged
Adjective
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But some of these alienated people are working for Republican politicians in Washington.—
Ian Crouch,
New Yorker,
9 Apr. 2026
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Chandler framed himself as an alienated artist persecuted by arbitrary strictures.—
Jake Lundberg,
The Atlantic,
13 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Employees at the store allegedly ended up sharing the footage with customers, which authorities say infuriated Pierce’s brother, Marcus Freeman.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
8 Apr. 2026
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Brandon Woodruff, who started Monday’s series opener for Milwaukee and delivered the pitch that infuriated Contreras, had already plunked him five times in seven games dating back to 2018.—
Gabrielle Starr,
Boston Herald,
7 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Federal efforts to kill the project California must also contend with a federal government antagonistic toward offshore wind.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Apr. 2026
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Many in the former crown prince’s camp take a sharply antagonistic stance toward the rest of the opposition.—
Arash Azizi,
The Atlantic,
4 Apr. 2026
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Seoul — South Korea’s president has angered the Israeli government by sharing video on social media from 2024 that shows Israeli soldiers pushing a body off a building in the occupied West Bank.—
Gawon Bae,
CNN Money,
13 Apr. 2026
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The mayor's threat to raise property taxes unless Albany agrees to tax the rich angered City Council Speaker Julie Menin.—
Marcia Kramer,
CBS News,
10 Apr. 2026
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Our city workers have consistently risen above the vitriol and accusations of hostile political leaders to do the jobs that our residents expect.—
Venus Molina,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Apr. 2026
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While Kirk may have received hostile or threatening messages, including on social media, those were not part of any identified or actionable threat stream monitored by federal authorities, the person told Sganga.—
Nicole Sganga,
CBS News,
15 Apr. 2026
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But after a surge of economic optimism in the years leading up to the pandemic, the nation’s mood soured for the first time in over a decade.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
13 Apr. 2026
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That 2007 campaign — where silver-colored cars also did battle with red at the front of the pack, as has happened across the first three races of the 2026 season — quickly soured at the McLaren team Hamilton and Alonso represented.—
Alex Kalinauckas,
New York Times,
9 Apr. 2026
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The tennis pro and former US Open champion smashed his racket at the end of the match after becoming enraged that his opponent, French player Benjamin Bonzi, was given the opportunity to have a second first serve after missing his first when a cameraman illegally walked onto the court.—
Gina Kalsi,
PEOPLE,
9 Apr. 2026
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That deal enraged House Republicans, who refused to consider the Senate's compromise and instead opted to pass their own stopgap spending measure that would continue funding for all of DHS — including ICE and CBP — through May 22 and sending it back to the Senate.—
Justin Papp,Garrett Downs,
CNBC,
1 Apr. 2026
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The camp's plan to reopen part of the campus this summer and host nearly 900 girls has outraged the families of the girls killed.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
14 Apr. 2026
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The International Committee of the Red Cross says it is outraged by such attacks in densely populated urban areas.—
NPR Staff,
NPR,
9 Apr. 2026
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“Estranged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/estranged. Accessed 17 Apr. 2026.
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