castaway 1 of 2

as in reject
one who is cast out or rejected by society one theory is that Easter Island was first settled by castaways from Polynesia

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castaway

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adjective

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Recent Examples of castaway
Noun
Emotion was a big part of Season 48, with Probst being moved to tears on camera for the first time in 25 years when castaway Joe Hunter put the game aside to make sure his ally, Eva Erickson, a player with autism, was OK. Emily Longeretta, Variety, 19 Aug. 2025 And his castaway shipmate has marvelously oversized whiskers, formidable fangs and a ravenous appetite. Christopher Smith, Oc Register, 5 June 2025 The package also includes daily breakfast and dinner and a bottle of champagne, and add-ons include a private dinner aboard a yacht, a castaway picnic lunch on a private island, and filling your private pool with red roses. Devorah Lev-Tov, Robb Report, 13 Feb. 2025 Creative decor with upcycled and reclaimed materials, retractable roofs for stargazing from bed From $4,400/night Book now Soneva brought its castaway fantasy to new heights with the May 2024 opening of a third Maldivian hideaway that’s its grandest—and smallest—resort to date. Jennifer Flowers, AFAR Media, 3 Apr. 2025 The package also includes daily breakfast and dinner and a bottle of champagne, and add-ons include a private dinner aboard a yacht, a castaway picnic lunch on a private island, and filling your private pool with red roses. Devorah Lev-Tov, Robb Report, 13 Feb. 2025 The Maldives Best for: Romance, castaway vibes, and overwater excess Dotted across an astoundingly blue Indian Ocean is Asia’s smallest country, an archipelago of 1,192 coralline islets, only 200 of which are inhabited. Paul Rubio, AFAR Media, 23 Dec. 2024 Watching the castaway characters navigate the unknown, despite its violence and ridiculousness, has been a soothing reprieve from the casual chaos of my own everyday life. Vox Staff, Vox, 23 Dec. 2024 Your privileged castaway journey begins in Long Beach, 30 to 60 minutes from Anaheim by car depending on the time of day. Paula Conway, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for castaway
Noun
  • Wellington’s Burgess promises that individual investors in the Wellington-Vanguard-Blackstone product will have access to the same private funds as Blackstone’s institutional clients—not the rejects.
    Hank Tucker, Forbes.com, 24 July 2025
  • There were some rejects that actually seemed appealing, such as 2NDWIND, which would give the impression that driver is in a good place, maybe even starting a new career, hobby or sports.
    Staff report, Hartford Courant, 13 June 2025
Adjective
  • Sunglasses and water bottles were strung out around campus during the chaos, leaving a crowded, makeshift lost and found table.
    Shane Brennan, USA Today, 23 Aug. 2025
  • At present, though, the most likely genuine challengers to Sinner and Alcaraz would appear to be the players younger than them rather than the lost boys of men’s tennis.
    Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Set in the year 2000, the outcast BFFs take on all their middle school milestones together, from dealing with peer pressure to their first kiss.
    James Mercadante, People.com, 27 Aug. 2025
  • In 1984 the cult classic Revenge of the Nerds was released, pitting a group of outcast college students against their jock tormentors.
    Joe Hernandez, NPR, 20 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • As Hit Me Hard and Soft soars, the full-length that introduced Eilish to millions of people around the world returns to multiple tallies after being absent just days ago.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
  • This material is not to be reproduced or redistributed absent the written consent of Fairlead Strategies.
    Katie Stockton, CNBC, 25 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The town serves as the backdrop for what many surrounding the production consider the creative high point of the season — an episode 5 spaghetti western side mission that involves lepers, eye-gauging vultures, and a train pulled by zombies.
    Dalton Ross, EW.com, 26 Aug. 2025
  • The regime turns the former leper hospital into a place of death, where the prisoners are subjected to repression in a place of astounding beauty.
    Zac Ntim, Deadline, 13 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Our house was spared, but things went missing anyway.
    Jeanie Riess, New Yorker, 23 Aug. 2025
  • The parents of a missing 7-month-old boy have been arrested after claims of a kidnapping didn’t line up, California deputies say.
    Daniella Segura, Sacbee.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The Biden administration repeatedly used such votes to depict Russia as a pariah state.
    Dave Lawler, Axios, 4 Mar. 2025
  • The pariahs deemed monstrous, Ne Zha included, might have within them a more commendable moral compass.
    Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 2 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • After eight years in exile, director Bryan Singer is mounting a comeback.
    Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 27 Aug. 2025
  • His call was backed by some opposition groups in exile as well as some separatist groups within the country, but the Islamic Republic has stood firm.
    Tom O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025

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