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alien

[eyl-yuhn, ey-lee-uhn] / ˈeɪl jən, ˈeɪ li ən /




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It looks like a hairy alien from outer space.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

Resident safety practices are not alien to constitutional history.

From Slate Jul. 27, 2026

In theory, that means changing an alien world's atmosphere, climate, and surface to more closely resemble Earth's by adding oxygen, creating stable bodies of liquid water, and producing temperatures suitable for life.

From Science Daily Jul. 17, 2026

"So you can imagine the shock when something so alien as this happens in their very midst," he said.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

Lippmann’s sales pitch was as alien to them as it was intriguing.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

“Some people speculate that it involves aliens, but I view it as a civilization in its own right, although we do not yet fully understand the nature of that civilization.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 8, 2026

A Japanese journalist coined the term cosplay -- combining costume and play -- in 1984 after seeing people dressed as monsters and aliens at a sci-fi convention in Los Angeles.

From Barron's Aug. 1, 2026

Suggested causes include acoustic pollution from human activity, naturally occurring environmental sounds and conspiracy theories involving the CIA or even aliens.

From Science Daily Jul. 19, 2026

"It was unseasonably dry, so I can only assume we have the aliens and their advanced weather-control technology to thank for that."

From BBC Jul. 15, 2026

In my father’s science fiction book, the one that caused such a tremendous stir, all the aliens who’d come here through Lazarus Doors took the names of angels from the Bible and from the Koran.

From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith




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