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alien

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




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But that happiness has been accompanied by hard moments and difficulties to adapt to a new life in a country that, at times, feels alien to him.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

Then there’s the search for technosignatures, or signs of alien technology.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

Today, new tools and approaches are helping scientists search for alien biology within our solar system and in the atmospheres of planets orbiting other stars, and look for traces of extraterrestrial hardware anywhere.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

In it, Landry played her original song “Legacy,” a heavenly vocal track banging her head as she unraveled a soundscape that called to mind an ethereal alien planet.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026

On Theater of the Mind days, we usually play alien schoolchildren in the park across the street, and then Dad takes us for Thai food.

From "Invisible Inkling" by Emily Jenkins




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