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alien

[eyl-yuhn, ey-lee-uhn] / ˈeɪl yən, ˈeɪ li ən /




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Apers believe Bigfoot is just a primate unknown to science while Woo-Woos think Bigfoot is some sort of interdimensional traveller - an alien of sort.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

"Initially, I thought we must have sequenced some alien species. It's very rare for an active gene, which makes a protein, to not have a match."

From Science Daily • Mar. 26, 2026

An alien who is stopped in Mexico does not arrive in the United States.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026

Mezzo Ronnita Miller made the enslaved Tituba, the only character with actual conjuring experience, a properly alien presence.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

He tossed me a green T-shirt and a pair of shorts so white, they were blinding in the alien glow of the bathroom’s fluorescent lights.

From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram




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