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to cause to change from friendly or loving to unfriendly or uncaring
she estranged several of her coworkers when she let her promotion go to her head
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Recent Examples of estranged
Marilyn La Jeunesse, Parents, 10 Apr. 2025
Filming wrapped well over a year ago on the anthology comedy-drama about estranged siblings reuniting, with stories shot in New Jersey, Paris, and Dublin.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 10 Apr. 2025
During the lengthy hearing in a courtroom in Santa Monica, Judge Epstein asked the lawyers to weigh in on any parallels to billionaire Jeff Bezos’ civil court victory over the defamation lawsuit that was filed against him by Michael Sanchez, the estranged brother of Bezos’ fiancée Lauren Sanchez.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 8 Apr. 2025
The teacher also allegedly shared that her estranged husband worked from home and when their children would be out of the house.
—Rachel McRady, People.com, 4 Apr. 2025
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From dealing with odd estranged family members to escaping Count Olaf’s clutches, these novels are whip-smart and unusual in the best way.
—Marilyn La Jeunesse, Parents, 10 Apr. 2025
Filming wrapped well over a year ago on the anthology comedy-drama about estranged siblings reuniting, with stories shot in New Jersey, Paris, and Dublin.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 10 Apr. 2025
During the lengthy hearing in a courtroom in Santa Monica, Judge Epstein asked the lawyers to weigh in on any parallels to billionaire Jeff Bezos’ civil court victory over the defamation lawsuit that was filed against him by Michael Sanchez, the estranged brother of Bezos’ fiancée Lauren Sanchez.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 8 Apr. 2025
The teacher also allegedly shared that her estranged husband worked from home and when their children would be out of the house.
—Rachel McRady, People.com, 4 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for estranged
Adjective
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Unlike the series, there isn’t the precipitous drop in quality that so alienated many of the original’s early fans.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
10 Apr. 2025
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This inclusivity extends far beyond physicality, as women’s rugby has long been a refuge for athletes who feel alienated or unwelcomed in other sports.—
Paige Perricone,
The Denver Post,
7 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The first two-thirds of Season 1 focused on the antagonistic relationship between Langdon and Santos.—
Ryan Schwartz,
TVLine,
10 Apr. 2025
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China retaliated with 34% tariffs on all goods, European Union leaders also are considering countermeasures, and the suddenly antagonistic relationship with Canada and Mexico will have to be smoothed over during United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement talks in coming months.—
Jeff Cox,
CNBC,
5 Apr. 2025
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Madrid were angered by a decision in that game to award Espanyol defender Carlos Romero a yellow card for a 60th-minute challenge on Kylian Mbappe, which was not upgraded to a red card by VAR.—
Guillermo Rai,
New York Times,
13 Apr. 2025
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That meeting angered Israeli officials, and reportedly Dermer in particular.—
Alex Marquardt,
CNN Money,
10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Andreas typically waits until there have been three instances of potential hostile communication before asking her friend or colleague if everything is OK.—
Angela Haupt,
Time,
28 Mar. 2025
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Home to one of the world’s largest refugee populations – most of them from Afghanistan – Pakistan has not always welcomed the foreigners, subjecting them to hostile living conditions and threatening deportation over the years.—
Sophia Saifi,
CNN Money,
28 Mar. 2025
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The sketch opened with Mikey Day as Jesus, recreating the scene from the Bible in which Christ visits the temple and gets enraged at seeing money changers transacting business within its walls.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
13 Apr. 2025
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While there, Jesus visited the temple and enraged upon seeing money changers transacting business within its sacred walls, expelled them all.—
McKinley Franklin,
HollywoodReporter,
12 Apr. 2025
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The policy outraged customers as going-out-of-business sales continue and some argued there was little notice to redeem their store value.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA TODAY,
21 Mar. 2025
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The move caught White House officials off guard and outraged some supporters of the president, who had been promised that more details would be made public.—
Katherine Faulders,
ABC News,
20 Mar. 2025
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In November, two fiber-optic Baltic Sea cables were severed.—
Rebecca Rosman,
NPR,
31 Dec. 2024
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Iran’s land bridge to Hezbollah has been severed by the fall of Syria’s Assad regime.—
Dina Kraft,
The Christian Science Monitor,
30 Dec. 2024
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“Estranged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/estranged. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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