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Recent Examples of orphaned
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.
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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
Behtiyar plays Aishe, an orphaned young Uyghur woman whose childhood memories of fitness training with her military father provide a symbolic motif of always running toward mountains.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 28 Aug. 2025
Powering these graphs with AI enables deeper insights than static access control lists ever could by surfacing orphaned accounts, conflicting permissions or risky access patterns across complex environments.
—Craig Davies, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
The siblings moved in with Chinook, who’d landed at San Diego Zoo as an orphaned cub in 1996.
—Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Aug. 2025
As a result, the orphaned gosling cuddled up to the surrogate mom, while the crane father got protective.
—Bailey Richards, People.com, 5 Aug. 2025
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
Behtiyar plays Aishe, an orphaned young Uyghur woman whose childhood memories of fitness training with her military father provide a symbolic motif of always running toward mountains.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 28 Aug. 2025
Powering these graphs with AI enables deeper insights than static access control lists ever could by surfacing orphaned accounts, conflicting permissions or risky access patterns across complex environments.
—Craig Davies, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
The siblings moved in with Chinook, who’d landed at San Diego Zoo as an orphaned cub in 1996.
—Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Aug. 2025
As a result, the orphaned gosling cuddled up to the surrogate mom, while the crane father got protective.
—Bailey Richards, People.com, 5 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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Rare film footage, costumes, shoes, props, papers and other Joffrey goodies are making their way across the country for a three-month stay, marking the company’s 70th anniversary and 30th year in its adopted home.—
Lauren Warnecke,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Sep. 2025
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According to the village's 2025 adopted budget, the village manager's salary is $113,506.—
Claudia Levens,
jsonline.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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For 450 pages, Rudy learns to chase ambulances, falls in love, and serves his single important client, a bereaved mother whose son’s medical insurance claim was illegitimately denied.—
Graham Hillard,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Sep. 2025
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In recent weeks, Kim finally acknowledged the loss of troops, holding two events in August to meet bereaved families.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
1 Sep. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Orphaned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/orphaned. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.
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