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Which word shares a Latin root with alien?

alien

[ayl-yuhn, ay-lee-uhn] / ˈeɪl jən, ˈeɪ li ən /




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On Sept. 10, federal authorities arrested Bhengura and charged him with voting as an alien in a federal election and making a false statement about being a U.S. citizen in order to register to vote.

From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026

But if you’re worried about AI’s risk to humanity—or, conversely, wish people had more faith in the benefits of AI—you won’t find comfort in marketing that treats food like an alien concept.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

An unexplained catastrophe, and the arrival of mysterious alien beings, have turned British society upside down - and a man and his elderly aunt muddle through on the Kent coast.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

The search for the source of the medbed conspiracy took me into the world of scammers and crystals and alien invasions and broken families and sci-fi movie sets and the Arizona desert.

From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026

She believed mysterious people were trying to kill her with alien sound wave machines, so she would sleep in a tool shed to hide herself.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri

In medbed lore, they are one of several kinds of aliens cited to explain the super-advanced “dimensional” medical technology.

From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026

And I don’t think that was because of the ships, the gadgets or the aliens.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

Phil Tippett, the visual effects artist who crafted aliens in “Star Wars” and dinosaurs in “Jurassic Park,” is shutting down his Berkeley-based studios after more than 40 years of business.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026

Mr. Obama clarified that there is no evidence of aliens, “unless there’s this enormous conspiracy.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

And there were no NPC villains, monsters, or aliens for me to fight, so there was no treasure or magic items for me to plunder.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline




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