as in displeasing
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as in angering
to cause to change from friendly or loving to unfriendly or uncaring
her changed position on the issue surprised and alienated many of her supporters
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as in ceding
to give over the legal possession or ownership of
landowners have a right to alienate their right of ownership—in other words, they can sell the land if they want to
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Recent Examples of alienating
Hamidreza Azizi, Foreign Affairs, 23 Dec. 2024
These alienating qualities don’t hold Prophecy or its characters back; the Sisters’ moral turpitude drives both the empire and the intrigue forward.
—Emma Stefansky, The Atlantic, 21 Dec. 2024
No sense in alienating your users by having the AI be frothy, that would diminish the views and potentially put an AI maker out of business.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
Over-automation risks alienating customers who value empathy and personalized service.
—Charles Orlando, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
This avoids alienating the old group.
—Zain Jaffer, Rolling Stone, 20 Dec. 2024
Evaluate your pricing strategies to maintain profitability without alienating customers.
—Robert Gauvreau, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
Arriving at a time when anime has become more surreal, Dan Da Dan feels like a natural evolution of shows like Chainsaw Man, while being not quite as alienating for those with a more squeamish palate.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 19 Dec. 2024
Others were on the fence, and claimed alienating the couple is not a good longterm solution.
—Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 18 Dec. 2024
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But any prolonged Israeli occupation risks alienating Syrians and providing Iran with a pretext to reactivate its anti-Israel agenda in Syria.
—Hamidreza Azizi, Foreign Affairs, 23 Dec. 2024
These alienating qualities don’t hold Prophecy or its characters back; the Sisters’ moral turpitude drives both the empire and the intrigue forward.
—Emma Stefansky, The Atlantic, 21 Dec. 2024
No sense in alienating your users by having the AI be frothy, that would diminish the views and potentially put an AI maker out of business.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
Over-automation risks alienating customers who value empathy and personalized service.
—Charles Orlando, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
This avoids alienating the old group.
—Zain Jaffer, Rolling Stone, 20 Dec. 2024
Evaluate your pricing strategies to maintain profitability without alienating customers.
—Robert Gauvreau, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
Arriving at a time when anime has become more surreal, Dan Da Dan feels like a natural evolution of shows like Chainsaw Man, while being not quite as alienating for those with a more squeamish palate.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 19 Dec. 2024
Others were on the fence, and claimed alienating the couple is not a good longterm solution.
—Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 18 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for alienating
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Around 10 individuals ran onto the court waving Palestinian flags, angering hundreds of attendees from the French Jewish community cheering for the Israeli team.Bradford Betz, Fox News, 19 Dec. 2024
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With some true detective work, Flueger quickly discovers that pigeons are trying to claim squatter rights a bit too close higher up, angering the furry felines.Demetrius Patterson, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Oct. 2024
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Of course, those same qualities make central government and regulators incredibly nervous of ceding to control.Sandy Carter, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
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Relying on third-party providers means ceding some control and may introduce additional costs or dependencies.Ashish Srimal, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
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Adaptive facial movements Dynamic facial expressions play a vital role in enhancing communication in social robots, particularly in conveying affective states like excitement or sleepiness.Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 30 Dec. 2024
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According to the report, one such example of real-time problem-solving by the Chinese PLA involved a team sending a distress message conveying the breakdown of a missile-launching vehicle.Abhishek Bhardwaj, Interesting Engineering, 27 Dec. 2024
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Willis, however, could decide to challenge the appellate court's decision, which would delay the process of assigning a new prosecutor to the case.Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
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Insurance companies, on the other hand, are experts at studying crash rates and assigning (and litigating) liability.Brad Templeton, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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Assad's departure also led analysts and government officials to claim that Russia may be transferring some of its military assets from Syria's Tartus naval base and Hmeimim air base to Libya.Hugh Cameron, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
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The particles are too small, however, to reflect the sun's heat-energy-transferring infrared light.Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 23 Dec. 2024
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For the Thunder to turn a defensive liability into one of the best defenders in all of basketball, without relinquishing a single draft pick, has to go down as one of the biggest steals of the 2024-2025 NBA season.Morten Stig Jensen, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
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There’s that relinquishing control of the messaging, though!Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Dec. 2024
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“Alienating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alienating. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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