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as in foreign
being, relating to, or characteristic of a country other than one's own
they were careful to learn of any alien business customs before trying to expand overseas
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as in irrelevant
not being a vital part of or belonging to something
it's completely alien to her nature to wish evil of anyone
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as in to anger
to cause to change from friendly or loving to unfriendly or uncaring
such angry outbursts will rapidly alien any friends you might possibly have left
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as in to transfer
to give over the legal possession or ownership of
the couple plans to alien the adjoining house lot to their eldest son
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Recent Examples of alien
Grace Dean,
Space.com,
1 July 2026
For example, a group of minions might be pretending to fight a group of Vikings on a movie set, or enough alien spaceships to fill the entire screen appear and shoot their lasers at once.
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Parents,
1 July 2026
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
29 June 2026
After season one’s show-altering reveal that Sugar is an alien, his fellow alien species is exposed and harmed by the human powers that be, forcing them to retreat to their home planet.
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Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
27 June 2026
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Adjective
It's been eight years since the iconic director released a movie in this genre, re-entering his UFO era with a twisted alien thriller.
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Grace Dean,
Space.com,
1 July 2026
For example, a group of minions might be pretending to fight a group of Vikings on a movie set, or enough alien spaceships to fill the entire screen appear and shoot their lasers at once.
—
Parents,
1 July 2026
Noun
In the meantime, the rest of the Minions have found a new boss, a suspiciously humanoid robot alien named Dort (Jesse Eisenberg), in a surreal plot twist that puts a bit of a strain on what little story there already is.
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Damon Wise,
Deadline,
29 June 2026
After season one’s show-altering reveal that Sugar is an alien, his fellow alien species is exposed and harmed by the human powers that be, forcing them to retreat to their home planet.
—
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
27 June 2026
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Adjective
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There’s no guarantee Lawrence will ever play host to a foreign national soccer team’s World Cup base camp again.
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Test your news knowledge with this week's Fox News Digital News Quiz, featuring a primary upset in Colorado, while police identify the Empire State Building climbers as foreign daredevils.
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Without ownership, documentation becomes a museum exhibit that may be informative but irrelevant.
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No detail, no matter how incomplete or far-fetched, was irrelevant to their search.
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The mayor floated the idea to place Williams on probation for six months, angering the city manager’s supporters in the crowd.
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All the spending on the national events angers one supervisor at a Florida airport.
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The sprawling northern territories clear to the Rocky Mountains and beyond transferred to Mexican control.
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Hayden Schuler has transferred from Sierra Canyon.
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My mom is the kind of person who constantly receives compliments from strangers.
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Within a few restless months, the group of strangers have become a fragile family.
Adjective
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If internal promotion rates fall and companies lean harder on external senior hires who do not yet exist in sufficient numbers, the warnings from Cortez, DDI, and Korn Ferry will have been correct.
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Meta is also working to cut its ballooning AI spending by reducing reliance on costly external tools.
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But about two years ago, when the Markley Group plopped its second cooling tank behind her above-ground swimming pool, along with a growing number of surveillance cameras, the relationship had soured.
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Of course, the game meant nothing, but Türkiye’s late goal in stoppage time gave them a 3-2 victory that soured what appeared to be a 2-2 draw in Los Angeles.
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As Jimmy is looking for options to simultaneously cut costs and jettison the property entirely, Sydney is trying to figure out how to do a dinner service with a pantry that’s nearly empty and a former mentor/partner/colleague, in Carmy, who is very bad at actually ceding control.
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And then there was Rafael Devers’ failure to cede first base after a ninth inning walk on Sunday.
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“Alien.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alien. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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