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pariah

[puh-rahy-uh] / pəˈraɪ ə /


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In January last year, fund managers were heavily underinvested in seven asset classes, which I took to be the Pariah Capital portfolio for 2025.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 3, 2026

Appeared in the January 17, 2026, print edition as 'Maduro Successor Is No Pariah'.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 17, 2026

Why might members of the Sudra and Pariah castes convert to Islam under the Delhi Sultanate?

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

Pariah: You may not know what to do, but you do know what your choices are: Your husband or everyone else.

From Washington Post • Jan. 6, 2023

Pariah kites dropped into nearby trees, to supervise the supervision of the last rites of the dead elephant.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy




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