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Recent Examples of friendless
There’s already basically no legal trade between Venezuela and the United States and, other than Cuba, Venezuela is essentially friendless in world politics.
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Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 9 Dec. 2025
That leaves it friendless, brittle, and uncreative—and, paradoxically, that leaves it vulnerable when fighting, too.
—Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 2 Sep. 2025
Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 9 Dec. 2025
That leaves it friendless, brittle, and uncreative—and, paradoxically, that leaves it vulnerable when fighting, too.
—Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 2 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for friendless
Adjective
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Parents report that many children stop eating, lose weight and become withdrawn.—
Mike Hixenbaugh,
NBC news,
6 Feb. 2026
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The Flynns’ pompous neighbor, Jim Doherty, a divorcé with a withdrawn, unpleasant son, encourages Catherine’s artistic rebirth.—
Hannah Gold,
New Yorker,
21 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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New gun safety measures became law in Michigan two years ago, requiring gun owners to keep unattended weapons unloaded and locked with a locking device or stored in a locked box or container if a minor is present.—
Paula Wethington,
CBS News,
5 Mar. 2026
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Do not drink unregulated alcohol, leave beverages unattended or accept drinks from strangers.—
Maia Pandey,
jsonline.com,
5 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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But the island seems as forlorn and abandoned as any time since the fall of the Soviet Union.—
Patrick Oppmann,
CNN Money,
7 Mar. 2026
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The Hawks have been somewhere between a disappointment (to the people like me who had high expectations for them) and an afterthought (to most of the rest of you who were smarter than me and know to never have high expectations for this forlorn franchise).—
Law Murray,
New York Times,
2 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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But some backpacks are better for travel than others, perhaps designed with isolated shoe compartments, holes to feed your phone charging cable through, jewelry pouches, and special materials that simply wipe clean after picking up germs from public floors.—
Olivia Young,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Mar. 2026
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Avoid tall, isolated trees or other elevated objects.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
8 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Home to sea turtle nesting grounds, 380 bird species, and 70 miles of coastline, these shores are secluded.—
Pam LeBlanc,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 Mar. 2026
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Its beams are slightly more vivid through the large windows of the Edition, which sit at the edge of a secluded area of the hotel.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Hibino had spent the past 30 years working in the quiet, cloistered world of traditional Japanese dance, studying and practicing as a kaoshi, or traditional Japanese stage makeup artist.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Mar. 2026
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However, the young woman begins to feel a calling from God and decides to embrace the life of a cloistered nun.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
28 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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That perspective was a lonely and isolating one.—
Nina Zipkin,
CNBC,
2 Mar. 2026
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But ‘no writer worth his salt is even, or can be,’ Eudora Welty wrote, reviewing Salinger’s lonely nine in these pages.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Identifying Wasps The thousands of wasp species in the Vespidae family are divided into solitary or social categories.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
The Spruce,
5 Mar. 2026
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Keep a distance from tall, solitary trees or other elevated structures.—
STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
4 Mar. 2026
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“Friendless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/friendless. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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