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alienated

[ey-lee-uh-ney-tid, eyl-yuh-] / ˈeɪ li əˌneɪ tɪd, ˈeɪl yə- /
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Travel spending shrank slightly in Los Angeles County last year as local crises drove away tourists and national policy alienated foreign visitors.

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2026

It also alienated voters in the district who had long supported him.

From Slate • May 20, 2026

That this love and affection was alienated and destroyed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

Beijing has alienated most of the other European partners it courted through the so-called 17+1 initiative a decade ago, notes Dimitar Lilkov, a senior research officer at the Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies.

From Barron's • Apr. 17, 2026

This environment gives us more material resources and longer lives than those enjoyed by any previous generation, but it often makes us feel alienated, depressed and pressured.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari




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