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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
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
24 June 2026
The estranged daughter of Fidel Castro has never entirely felt at peace here, in a city of exiles, despite being one herself.
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Christine Armario,
Washington Post,
19 June 2026
Nadine El-Bawab,
ABC News,
24 June 2026
Now adults and estranged, the siblings battle perception, reality, legacy and plenty of ghosts.
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Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
20 June 2026
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Adjective
Rouse said Zajko had become estranged from her parents, but her mother reached out via text message to resolve the conflict on New Year's Eve 2022, Zajko's birthday.
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N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
24 June 2026
The estranged daughter of Fidel Castro has never entirely felt at peace here, in a city of exiles, despite being one herself.
—
Christine Armario,
Washington Post,
19 June 2026
Verb
Michelle Zajko had been estranged from her parents ahead of the murders, investigators said.
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Nadine El-Bawab,
ABC News,
24 June 2026
Now adults and estranged, the siblings battle perception, reality, legacy and plenty of ghosts.
—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
20 June 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.
Verb
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When my friends found relief, they were thrilled—and infuriated.
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By the second half, the two teams meandering about the pitch infuriated everyone not on the pitch.
Adjective
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Some use to it describe the most boisterous group of antagonistic influencers.
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Amid an increasingly complex and antagonistic immigration system, his story is one of rare success.
Verb
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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.
Verb
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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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The story enraged campus and district officials and played a role in Stapleton’s ousting, despite a later retraction.
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The film’s director, uptight Euro expat Max (Christoph Waltz), is initially enraged by their hijacking of the shoot, but his studio fatcat bosses (both voiced by Jeff Bridges) love the unhinged results.
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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 3 Jul. 2026.
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