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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
Alex Ritman, Variety, 5 Aug. 2025
At the time of the murders, Black had been on work release from prison for shooting Clay's estranged husband and her daughter's father, Bennie Clay, in 1986.
—Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 5 Aug. 2025
Denise Richards' relationship with estranged husband Aaron Phypers continues to deteriorate amid their acrimonious divorce battle.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 5 Aug. 2025
The man is her estranged father, Nate (Egerton), and, on his first day out of prison, something heavy has clearly gone down.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 31 July 2025
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Verb
The host is currently awaiting trial on a separate charge of controlling and coercive behavior against his estranged wife.
—Alex Ritman, Variety, 5 Aug. 2025
At the time of the murders, Black had been on work release from prison for shooting Clay's estranged husband and her daughter's father, Bennie Clay, in 1986.
—Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 5 Aug. 2025
Denise Richards' relationship with estranged husband Aaron Phypers continues to deteriorate amid their acrimonious divorce battle.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 5 Aug. 2025
The man is her estranged father, Nate (Egerton), and, on his first day out of prison, something heavy has clearly gone down.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 31 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for estranged
Adjective
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Certainly, one influence is the political chasm that has split our country into two alienated camps.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
15 Aug. 2025
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People are still, kids are still wounded and vulnerable and alienated without social media.—
Nancy Tartaglione,
Deadline,
12 Aug. 2025
Verb
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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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Hot summers are nothing new for much of the United States, but the combination of heat and humidity has taken on a truly antagonistic role this year, pushing us closer to our melting points in an already uncomfortable season.—
Mary Gilbert,
CNN Money,
12 Aug. 2025
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Thomas, Scheffler, DeChambeau, McIlroy and Koepka are seen throughout the movie, participating in Gilmore’s ridiculous training sessions and eventually battling an antagonistic group of golfers from the fictional Maxi professional golf league.—
Stephanie Stremplewski,
Louisville Courier Journal,
26 July 2025
Adjective
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The climate for filmmakers looking to interrogate the Russian war effort remains hostile.—
Christopher Vourlias,
Variety,
31 Aug. 2025
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The president’s hostile, but at times confusing, remarks over the last several days have put the city on edge as leaders condemned the plan as unnecessary and dangerous.—
Alice Yin,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Aug. 2025
Verb
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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
Verb
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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
Verb
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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 3 Sep. 2025.
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