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Recent Examples of orphaned
This small group of animal advocates discovered Flounder, a sick and orphaned puppy, at a local kill shelter.
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Allison Moses, USA Today, 28 Oct. 2025
Tom, for his own part, rescues the orphaned Sam from being a ward of the state and starts taking care of him.
—Grace Byron, Vulture, 20 Oct. 2025
The new wildlife center released a litter of orphaned baby foxes after four months of rehabilitation earlier this year.
—Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
The award organizers also highlighted the Impact Award, which was won by Brazilian photographer Fernando Faciole for his image of an orphaned giant anteater pup following a human caregiver.
—Jack Guy, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
The punk drama follows Ria, an orphaned Filipina punk musician raised in a Manila punk commune called Tarima.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 25 Sep. 2025
Jen, an orphaned Gelling raised in solitude by a gentle race of creatures called the Mystics, must find the missing shard that will heal the crystal and restore balance to the universe.
—Eric E. Harrison, Arkansas Online, 4 Sep. 2025
To fully achieve its goal, the mission also hadevacuate the nearby Saint Hélène Home, where 244 orphaned children, including 58 disabled children, had been trapped by the surrounding gang violence, threats and kidnappings.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2025
When Leo first spies the orphaned Josie singing on a Boston street corner, he’s struck by her resemblance to the Pendleton family, his father’s former employers and the victims of great tragedy when their baby was kidnapped in 1880.
—EW.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Allison Moses, USA Today, 28 Oct. 2025
Tom, for his own part, rescues the orphaned Sam from being a ward of the state and starts taking care of him.
—Grace Byron, Vulture, 20 Oct. 2025
The new wildlife center released a litter of orphaned baby foxes after four months of rehabilitation earlier this year.
—Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
The award organizers also highlighted the Impact Award, which was won by Brazilian photographer Fernando Faciole for his image of an orphaned giant anteater pup following a human caregiver.
—Jack Guy, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
The punk drama follows Ria, an orphaned Filipina punk musician raised in a Manila punk commune called Tarima.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 25 Sep. 2025
Jen, an orphaned Gelling raised in solitude by a gentle race of creatures called the Mystics, must find the missing shard that will heal the crystal and restore balance to the universe.
—Eric E. Harrison, Arkansas Online, 4 Sep. 2025
To fully achieve its goal, the mission also hadevacuate the nearby Saint Hélène Home, where 244 orphaned children, including 58 disabled children, had been trapped by the surrounding gang violence, threats and kidnappings.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2025
When Leo first spies the orphaned Josie singing on a Boston street corner, he’s struck by her resemblance to the Pendleton family, his father’s former employers and the victims of great tragedy when their baby was kidnapped in 1880.
—EW.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for orphaned
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The film centers on a widowed fisherwoman, travelling alone through snowbound northern Minnesota, who interrupts the kidnapping of a teenage girl.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
6 Aug. 2025
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The Winnipeg Humane Society became home for Chelsey in 2016 for about seven months after her previous family abandoned her, the dog's adopted owner, Kiera, told Newsweek via email.—
Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Oct. 2025
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His adopted brother, Ashtray, as played by Javon Walton, appeared to die in the same scene.—
Radhika Seth,
Vogue,
17 Oct. 2025
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Another time, Bruce Springsteen cheers up her bereaved 12-year-old son by taking him for his first motorcycle ride — a fatherly promise that Fred Smith didn’t live long enough to fulfill.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
5 Nov. 2025
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The stakes just keep getting higher in this Grand Guignol of bloodthirsty excess, as bereaved government agent Soo-hyun (Lee Byung-hun) descends into shocking depravity in his pursuit of serial killer Kyung-chul (Choi Min-sik).—
Katie Rife,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 Oct. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Orphaned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/orphaned. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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