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Recent Examples of scandalize
His immigration policy aims to scandalize a broad class of voting citizens by demonizing the non-citizen minority.
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Ben Bayer, Oc Register, 16 Feb. 2026
Mary began appearing everywhere the Archduke was, scandalizing Viennese society.
—Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 11 Feb. 2026
As Alexandra Plakias has noted, philosophical about-faces should not scandalize us; they should be honored.
—Shai Tubali, Big Think, 30 Sep. 2025
The young man’s beauty, musical talents, and athletic prowess, however, belie volatile currents of desire and rage, which will eventually scandalize the community and unsettle Priscilla and Diamond’s faiths.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
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Ben Bayer, Oc Register, 16 Feb. 2026
Mary began appearing everywhere the Archduke was, scandalizing Viennese society.
—Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 11 Feb. 2026
As Alexandra Plakias has noted, philosophical about-faces should not scandalize us; they should be honored.
—Shai Tubali, Big Think, 30 Sep. 2025
The young man’s beauty, musical talents, and athletic prowess, however, belie volatile currents of desire and rage, which will eventually scandalize the community and unsettle Priscilla and Diamond’s faiths.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scandalize
Verb
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Nothing could offend her more than the suggestion that her love for turning a spark of an idea into an electric joke is a waste of time.—
Caroline Framke,
The Atlantic,
14 May 2026
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No one should be offended at the mention of this.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
14 May 2026
Verb
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Patel hasn’t been reluctant to fight back against reporting that displeases him.—
David Bauder,
Twin Cities,
23 Apr. 2026
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Brown, 28, would leave Philadelphia after being displeased with his production and the performance of the Eagles’ offense, which employed five different coordinators in as many years.—
Andrew Callahan,
Hartford Courant,
20 Apr. 2026
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But the video, which came out three weeks ago, has outraged many of the business class.—
Nathaniel Meyersohn,
CNN Money,
6 May 2026
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Orlando was right to be outraged.—
Jesse Plunkett,
The Orlando Sentinel,
2 May 2026
Verb
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Rebecca Sherman Weatherford, Texas As viewed by this lawyer in Missouri, what Keefe (no relation) describes is nauseating.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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The smell was overwhelming, a nauseating mix of rotting food, burning plastic, chemicals and decay that clung to my clothes and skin.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
15 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Now, bird-watching may be at the epicenter of the outbreak on board the MV Hondius, in which three people have died and five others were sickened.—
Marlene Lenthang,
NBC news,
10 May 2026
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In March, the Star Princess faced an outbreak that sickened more than 104 guests and 49 crew members.—
Matthew Ablon,
CBS News,
9 May 2026
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But the future Hall of Famer is coming off ACL surgery, might lack mobility, and has a receiving corps that frightens nobody.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
15 May 2026
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This war has been a disaster for them, frightening away foreign investors, tourists and talent and burdening them with a future of huge new defense bills to deter Iran after the United States is gone.—
Thomas L. Friedman,
Mercury News,
15 May 2026
Verb
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Seeing this as a clear violation of their privacy, employees immediately revolted.—
Frank Landymore,
Futurism,
13 May 2026
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Local residents are revolting against a $100 billion Utah data center project backed by Shark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary that would use more electricity than the entire state does in a year.—
Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez,
Fortune,
11 May 2026
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The imposing tower never ceases to amaze local resident Ogden Driskill, whose family has ranched on the land at its base for generations.—
Marnie Hunter,
CNN Money,
14 May 2026
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When Alexander Graham Bell demonstrated the telephone at America’s Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia in 1876, the invention amazed the crowd.—
David H. Hsu,
Fortune,
11 May 2026
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“Scandalize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scandalize. Accessed 17 May. 2026.
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