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estrange

[ih-streynj] / ɪˈstreɪndʒ /


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Research shows that adults who estrange themselves from relatives often do so "with a great amount of care and consideration over time," she says.

From BBC Jul. 18, 2026

Translation was for him a ferrying across borders and a way of hearing one language estrange another.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 5, 2026

"Children who choose to estrange themselves aren't making a little decision on a whim," explained Joshua Stein, a researcher who tracks online trends, especially those that intersect with psychology and bioethics.

From Salon Dec. 18, 2024

Another reason I spend more time advising those who estrange vs. those who have been estranged?

From Washington Post Jun. 8, 2022

Of what advantage to mamma, or to us, would the good qualities of Sir Gilbert he, if it be his will, as it evidently is, to estrange himself from us?

From The Vicar of Wrexhill by Mrs Trollope

She transforms herself from “a wild, hatless little savage” into a lady, which estranges her from her childhood companion and besotted admirer, Heathcliff, a foundling who lives with her family.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 10, 2026

Ultimately, this thing is just another machine that estranges us from the ingredients that make up the food and drinks that we consume.

From Slate Nov. 15, 2018

He performs a vital service that nonetheless estranges him from the very people he’s duty-bound to defend, placeless in his own domain.

From The Guardian Jan. 26, 2018

Meekness, he said, “enables us to set aside everything that divides and estranges us, and to find ever new ways to advance along the path of unity.”

From Seattle Times Nov. 1, 2016

That which estranges you from me, binds me to your house and noble race still more firmly, and with a bond that no earthly power can dissolve.

From The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance by Bernhard Severin Ingemann

Southern explained that the brothers "were that estranged that Noel's youngest sons and Liam's sons hadn't met".

From BBC Sep. 8, 2026

He co-owns all of his known real estate holdings with his estranged wife, state Sen. Angela Paxton, property records show.

From Salon Sep. 5, 2026

The acrimony between Two Sigma co-founder John Overdeck and his estranged wife, Laura, was on display in the courtroom this week.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 2, 2026

He appeared to have mended relations with his cancer-battling father, King Charles III during recent visits to the UK, but Harry reportedly remains estranged from his heir-to-the-throne brother Prince William and wife Catherine.

From Barron's Aug. 26, 2026

Pen in hand, she stared across the room toward her hard-faced dolls, the estranged companions of a childhood she considered closed.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

By estranging me from the world, derealization, paradoxically, makes it more real.

From Scientific American Jun. 14, 2022

Though the situation’s murky, the syntax estranging, the form itself is familiar, for most of the book: left-justified lines, grouped into stanzas.

From New York Times Mar. 3, 2020

These are not cognitively estranging phenomena in the manner of cyberspace, for instance, the technical workings of which most of us simply don’t understand.

From The New Yorker Nov. 6, 2019

That’s the disillusioned soul of the film, entrenching it within the cynicism of the 90s and estranging it from the hopeful revisionism of modern discourse.

From The Guardian Apr. 23, 2019

This had naturally had the effect of estranging Elsie completely from her.

From A Vendetta of the Desert by W. C. (William Charles) Scully




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