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Recent Examples of castaway
Devorah Lev-Tov, Robb Report, 13 Feb. 2025
The Maldives Best for: Romance, castaway vibes, and overwater excess
Dotted across an astoundingly blue Indian Ocean is Asia’s smallest country, an archipelago of 1,192 coralline islets, only 200 of which are inhabited.
—Paul Rubio, AFAR Media, 23 Dec. 2024
Watching the castaway characters navigate the unknown, despite its violence and ridiculousness, has been a soothing reprieve from the casual chaos of my own everyday life.
—Vox Staff, Vox, 23 Dec. 2024
Your privileged castaway journey begins in Long Beach, 30 to 60 minutes from Anaheim by car depending on the time of day.
—Paula Conway, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
Inspired by the true story of Marguerite de La Rocque, Allegra Goodman’s latest novel is a feminist castaway tale about love, faith, and self-actualization.
—Shannon Carlin, TIME, 17 Dec. 2024
The first teaser trailer for Yellowjackets season three is finally here, and the series is shaping up to be as juicy as a thigh from a castaway soccer player.
—Abby Monteil, Them, 9 Dec. 2024
There's an infinity pool, a lagoon pool with two slides and a stretch of sandy beach with a castaway theme right down to its weather outlook system – a coconut hanging from a branch next to a sign telling visitors what conditions to expect based on the appearance of the shell.
—Caroline Reid, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
With a dreamy castaway village vibe, Mahekal Beach Resort is one of the best all-inclusive resorts in Playa del Carmen for a few reasons.
—Meagan Drillinger, Travel + Leisure, 1 Sep. 2024
Adjective
The package also includes daily breakfast and dinner and a bottle of champagne, and add-ons include a private dinner aboard a yacht, a castaway picnic lunch on a private island, and filling your private pool with red roses.
—Devorah Lev-Tov, Robb Report, 13 Feb. 2025
The Maldives Best for: Romance, castaway vibes, and overwater excess
Dotted across an astoundingly blue Indian Ocean is Asia’s smallest country, an archipelago of 1,192 coralline islets, only 200 of which are inhabited.
—Paul Rubio, AFAR Media, 23 Dec. 2024
Watching the castaway characters navigate the unknown, despite its violence and ridiculousness, has been a soothing reprieve from the casual chaos of my own everyday life.
—Vox Staff, Vox, 23 Dec. 2024
Your privileged castaway journey begins in Long Beach, 30 to 60 minutes from Anaheim by car depending on the time of day.
—Paula Conway, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
Inspired by the true story of Marguerite de La Rocque, Allegra Goodman’s latest novel is a feminist castaway tale about love, faith, and self-actualization.
—Shannon Carlin, TIME, 17 Dec. 2024
The first teaser trailer for Yellowjackets season three is finally here, and the series is shaping up to be as juicy as a thigh from a castaway soccer player.
—Abby Monteil, Them, 9 Dec. 2024
There's an infinity pool, a lagoon pool with two slides and a stretch of sandy beach with a castaway theme right down to its weather outlook system – a coconut hanging from a branch next to a sign telling visitors what conditions to expect based on the appearance of the shell.
—Caroline Reid, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
With a dreamy castaway village vibe, Mahekal Beach Resort is one of the best all-inclusive resorts in Playa del Carmen for a few reasons.
—Meagan Drillinger, Travel + Leisure, 1 Sep. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for castaway
Noun
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His growth throughout the series is kind of the whole point of the show, from the social reject of the village to one of its most reliable and trustworthy warriors, beloved by all.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
29 Dec. 2024
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Instead of letting the weird baking mixes or seasonings go to waste, team up with your partner or roommates and make an Iron Chef style meal of the rejects.—
Grace McCarty,
SELF,
28 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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What's Next For those interested in shopping for lost luggage, Unclaimed Baggage provides a unique opportunity to purchase items at lower prices while giving unclaimed goods a second life.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
14 Feb. 2025
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Still, corporate cooking classes with Super Bowl visitors did make up for the lost revenue.—
Chelsea Brasted,
Axios,
12 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Spence is the former outcast who has become an integral part of Postecoglou’s plans and should have been utilised more at the beginning of the campaign to give others, including Udogie and Pedro Porro, sufficient rest.—
Jay Harris,
The Athletic,
7 Feb. 2025
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The Graham family’s youngest child, Charlie (Milly Shapiro), is clearly an outcast while her older brother Peter (Alex Wolff) falls into a much more mainstream pack at school.—
Erica Marrison,
People.com,
19 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Her dad works in the industry, and is largely absent from her life because of it.—
Kayti Burt,
TIME,
14 Feb. 2025
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The pitcher, the subject of offseason trade rumors and an odd man out in the Yankees’ rotation, has been absent from official on-field workouts in the two days since reporting.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
13 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Winning Is Everything, Stupid, by Matt Tyrnauer, goes deep into what shaped James Carville’s incorrigible character, including his Catholic, working-class youth in Carville—a Louisiana town with fewer than 900 inhabitants, almost half of them inmates at the local leper colony.—
airmail.news,
airmail.news,
3 Oct. 2024
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But one thing’s for sure—there were some among them who chose to become lepers.—
Lee Chang-dong,
The New Yorker,
22 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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The Athena Alert is intended to bridge the gap between the time a child goes missing and the time a statewide Amber Alert is issued.—
Emerson Clarridge,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
10 Feb. 2025
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On Thursday, a small airplane carrying 10 people in Alaska went missing and was found crashed amid sea ice on Friday with all presumed dead.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA TODAY,
10 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Russia has been committing crimes against humanity and has become an international pariah.—
Katya Soldak,
Forbes,
19 Feb. 2023
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Syria itself is an international pariah under Western sanctions linked to the war.—
Mehmet Guzel, Ghaith Alsayed and Suzan Fraser,
Anchorage Daily News,
8 Feb. 2023
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Netanyahu has offered Hamas a chance to surrender and send top leaders into exile.—
DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE STAFF FROM WIRE REPORTS,
arkansasonline.com,
17 Feb. 2025
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Even though the Hamas charter directly calls for the murder of all Jews, all people must speak out against the immoral proposal to force an entire population into exile.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Feb. 2025
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“Castaway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/castaway. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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