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as in angered
to cause to change from friendly or loving to unfriendly or uncaring
her changed position on the issue surprised and alienated many of her supporters
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as in ceded
to give over the legal possession or ownership of
landowners have a right to alienate their right of ownership—in other words, they can sell the land if they want to
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Recent Examples of alienated
Longreads, 3 Oct. 2024
But trolls were bitter and alienated and politically toxic.
—Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2024
Longreads, 3 Oct. 2024
Their sci-fi setting strayed far from the realistic roots of their predecessors and this alienated the adult audiences who turned up to watch the previous movies.
—Caroline Reid, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
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Adjective
White working-class New Yorkers increasingly felt not only alienated but also motived to express their dissatisfaction.
—Longreads, 3 Oct. 2024
But trolls were bitter and alienated and politically toxic.
—Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2024
Verb
White working-class New Yorkers increasingly felt not only alienated but also motived to express their dissatisfaction.
—Longreads, 3 Oct. 2024
Their sci-fi setting strayed far from the realistic roots of their predecessors and this alienated the adult audiences who turned up to watch the previous movies.
—Caroline Reid, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for alienated
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Oasis endured a hostile split in 2009, after years of headlines related to the Gallagher siblings’ fierce rivalry.Sophie Williams, Billboard, 20 Nov. 2024
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As Assad’s government teetered on the brink of collapse, Hezbollah stepped in decisively to safeguard the regime and prevent the emergence of a new regime in Damascus that would be hostile to the axis.Renad Mansour, Foreign Affairs, 13 Nov. 2024
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The trip to Moscow angered EU and NATO leaders, and Jens Stoltenberg, then the secretary general of the transatlantic defense alliance, said Orbán's visit did not represent the bloc or its Ukraine policies.Ibrahim Aksoy, CBS News, 18 Oct. 2024
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The bill has angered the French left, who view it as a means of appeasing far-right lawmakers in parliament.Frey Lindsay, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
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Australian’s Indigenous people never ceded sovereignty and have never engaged in a treaty process with the British Crown.Hilary Whiteman, CNN, 21 Oct. 2024
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In terms of sheer consumption metrics, baseball may have ceded the national pastime crown to the gridiron game long ago, but a New York-Los Angeles National League Championship Series has stolen share from the NFL’s top primetime window.Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 16 Oct. 2024
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The narrative in the first season requires the estranged friends to work together to combat a cunning kidnapper.Patrick Frater, Variety, 5 Nov. 2024
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Of course, the vice president is aware, and not amused, that Kate’s estranged husband, the adorably Machiavellian Hal (Rufus Sewell), is maneuvering to have Kate made veep.Tom Gliatto, People.com, 31 Oct. 2024
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About 30 players transferred after the 2022 season when David Shaw retired or after Stanford went 3-9 in Taylor’s first year.Harold Gutmann, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
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Two others, Pat Brady and Jason Corbett, have also been sentenced to life, but like Daniel, have yet to be transferred.Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
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Playing a more toothless version of antagonistic duos like Flotsam and Jetsam from The Little Mermaid, Yang and James are mildly amusing but underused, ultimately serving little purpose.David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Nov. 2024
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Since then, China’s approach has grown more antagonistic, especially in the past few years.David Sacks, Foreign Affairs, 8 Nov. 2024
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The move comes even as Trump has been viewed as unfriendly to clean energy stocks — a group that can include EV manufacturers such as Tesla.Sean Conlon, CNBC, 6 Nov. 2024
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Before heading to fly the unfriendly skies with Nick and Eve, Rosa and Yancy go to visit Neville and Dawnie.Erin Qualey, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2024
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Others enraged by Bobba’s comments targeted the founders online — a response Liu has since condemned.Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2024
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And that has enraged the country.NBC News, NBC News, 13 Oct. 2024
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“Alienated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alienated. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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