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outcast

[out-kast, -kahst] / ˈaʊtˌkæst, -ˌkɑst /


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And so an outcast couple, immoral and ungovernable, served as the vanguard for new European settlements.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

Thomas Harris grew up in the South as a bookish outcast, reading the works of Ernest Hemingway and Jonathan Swift.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2026

“Call you outcast, low down, you can’t make it, you’re nothing, you’re from nobody, subclass, underclass; when you see Jesse Jackson, when my name goes in nomination, your name goes in nomination.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2026

His dislike of this year’s performer, superstar Bad Bunny, makes him an outcast twice-over.

From Salon • Feb. 7, 2026

To be the family outcast, this is the worst thing he can imagine.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman




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