as in outcasts
one who is cast out or rejected by society
was treated as a leper after she leveled unpopular criticism of the beloved star
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Recent Examples of lepers
Remember, the Lord Jesus did not fear lepers, and leprosy was (and continues to be) a highly contagious infectious disease.
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Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 15 Sep. 2025
The town serves as the backdrop for what many surrounding the production consider the creative high point of the season — an episode 5 spaghetti western side mission that involves lepers, eye-gauging vultures, and a train pulled by zombies.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 15 Sep. 2025
The town serves as the backdrop for what many surrounding the production consider the creative high point of the season — an episode 5 spaghetti western side mission that involves lepers, eye-gauging vultures, and a train pulled by zombies.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lepers
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California Avenue is Blick’s new series about a family of outcasts and For All Mankind spin-off Star City is about the Soviet space programme, with Rhys Ifans, Anna Maxwell Martin and Agnes O’Casey starring.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
31 Mar. 2026
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In the world of the film, reptiles—but especially snakes—are outcasts from mammal-centric society.—
Jackie Flynn Mogensen,
Scientific American,
15 Mar. 2026
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These factors have turned the Ellisons into Murdoch-like pariahs among many Democrats, and have brought together a somewhat ideologically diverse antitrust coalition, ranging from the more centrist wing of the Democratic Party to the progressive left.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
6 Mar. 2026
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Traditionally, scientists and doctors who have questioned vaccine safety, and even the benefits of vaccines, have quickly become pariahs.—
Will Carless,
USA Today,
20 Jan. 2026
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In it, Jackson Lamb (Oldman), River Cartwright (Jack Lowden) and the rest of the MI5 rejects are on the case — and a bit on the defense.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Sep. 2025
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Adapted for television by Adolescence co-creator, Emmy winner Jack Thorne, in Lord of the Flies, innocence descends into savagery when a group of English schoolboys becomes desert island castaways.—
Denise Petski,
Deadline,
6 Apr. 2026
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Each group would later attend a tribal council and vote out the eighth, ninth, and tenth castaways.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA Today,
1 Apr. 2026
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“Lepers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lepers. Accessed 12 Apr. 2026.
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