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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
Zac Ntim, Deadline, 14 Mar. 2025
Bernthal and Affleck reprise their roles as the estranged siblings...
—William Lambers, Newsweek, 10 Mar. 2025
Bernthal and Affleck reprise their roles as the estranged siblings whose traumatic childhood somehow led them into adjacent lines of business.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Mar. 2025
This undated image provided by shows Brad Sigmon, convicted of beating to death his estranged girlfriend's parents in Greenville County in 2001.
—CBS News, 7 Mar. 2025
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The first movie winds down with the revelation that Emily faked her disappearance as part of an elaborate scheme involving insurance fraud and her estranged twin sister’s murder.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 14 Mar. 2025
Bernthal and Affleck reprise their roles as the estranged siblings...
—William Lambers, Newsweek, 10 Mar. 2025
Bernthal and Affleck reprise their roles as the estranged siblings whose traumatic childhood somehow led them into adjacent lines of business.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Mar. 2025
This undated image provided by shows Brad Sigmon, convicted of beating to death his estranged girlfriend's parents in Greenville County in 2001.
—CBS News, 7 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for estranged
Adjective
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Others, however, argue there were plenty of errors made on the campaign trail, from refusing to distance herself from Biden or touting an endorsement from former GOP Representative Liz Cheney, which critics say alienated key Democratic constituencies.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
Newsweek,
13 Mar. 2025
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Balochistan’s population – made up mostly of the ethnic Baloch group – is deeply disenfranchised, impoverished, and has been growing increasingly alienated from the federal government by decades of policies widely seen as discriminatory.—
Sophia Saifi,
CNN,
12 Mar. 2025
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For roughly a century, conservative Christian groups have claimed that education should include Christian teachings and have increasingly concluded that American public schools are unsuited—and even antagonistic—to that task.—
Austin Steelman / Made by History,
TIME,
12 Mar. 2025
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And Musk’s approach so far has been read by many of those most immediately affected as antagonistic, demoralizing and callous.—
Jeanne Sahadi,
CNN,
27 Feb. 2025
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The sequence of events clearly angered Bain.—
Cristóbal Reyes,
Orlando Sentinel,
8 Jan. 2025
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The move angered fans, and a scandal over offensive remarks Richards had made on a podcast led him to quit before his episodes aired.—
Stephen Battaglio,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Jan. 2025
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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 newspaper includes the story of how Brando was enraged to discover his voice had been dubbed by an Italian actor for the local version.—
Caroline Frost,
Deadline,
5 Jan. 2025
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But conservatives said they were enraged by the legislation.—
Catie Edmondson,
New York Times,
18 Dec. 2024
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Aliso Canyon likely to stay open for years; residents outraged.—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Dec. 2024
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As House members scrambled to pass a stopgap spending plan Friday, lawmakers removed legislation that would have fully funded the World Trade Center Health Program through 2040, outraged 9/11 advocates said.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
20 Dec. 2024
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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 2 Apr. 2025.
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