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adjective

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Recent Examples of renegade
Noun
Sure enough, the red-haired renegade formerly known as Sin Rostro played another troublemaker on the ABC procedural. Andy Swift, TVLine, 10 Apr. 2025 Didn’t his ignominious end—crucifixion was Rome’s punishment for renegades and slaves—contradict his claim to be divine? Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 1 Apr. 2025
Adjective
Pat McGrath Pink Mystic Mascara comes in a hot Barbie pink and a renegade red. Celeste Polanco, Essence, 17 Apr. 2025 As Ellie navigates this in her own life, a trip to Seattle plunges her into a war between a renegade militia and a pre-modern religious cult, with both sides attempting to claim the moral high ground. Alison Herman, Variety, 7 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for renegade
Recent Examples of Synonyms for renegade
Noun
  • Russia is also reported to have forcibly sent hundreds of its military deserters to the front line in Ukraine.
    Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Apr. 2025
  • Its return hearkens back to other periods in American history when firing squads were more common, such as the colonial era and the Civil War, when it was used against deserters.
    Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 7 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • One White South African called Rupert a traitor to his fellow Afrikaners in a social media post.
    Larry Madowo, CNN Money, 22 May 2025
  • Some of my children have called me a Nazi, a traitor.
    Beatrice Weber, New York Daily News, 8 May 2025
Adjective
  • With protections extending to individuals with criminal histories, unstable housing, or nontraditional body types, the city’s latest ordinance makes inclusive hiring a legal mandate.
    Alonzo Martinez, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
  • The nontraditional tour has been widely well-received, though police appeared to shut down an event in Missouri.
    Micki Fahner, NBC news, 28 May 2025
Noun
  • Also starring Jamie Lee Curtis, the original 2003 flick found Lohan’s character — a teenage rebel who fronts a rock band called Pink Slip — magically switching bodies with her mother.
    Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 28 May 2025
  • Bo was a rebel on a motorcycle who soon fell for the rich and spirited Hope.
    Victoria Edel, People.com, 26 May 2025
Noun
  • Authorities have also reported sightings of ELN guerrillas, a Colombian-Venezuelan insurgent faction, operating near key Guyanese border towns.
    Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 6 June 2025
  • Spain approved the deal on Oct. 3, 2023, four days before an insurgent assault led by Hamas on southern Israel that sparked a devastating war in Gaza.
    Brittany Williams, Arkansas Online, 4 June 2025

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“Renegade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/renegade. Accessed 15 Jun. 2025.

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