as in foreigner
a person who is not native to or known to a community
the people of the island are quick to make strangers feel at home
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Recent Examples of stranger
No stranger to major horror IP, Devlin previously penned a 2022 reboot of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre for Netflix.
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Matt Grobar, Deadline, 12 June 2026
Artistic director Matt Morrow is no stranger to eye-popping productions on the Lesher stage.
—Charles Lewis Iii, Mercury News, 12 June 2026
Shakira is no stranger to either the World Cup or halftime performances.
—Tiago Ventura, Time, 12 June 2026
Existential humility benefits other people in someone’s life, from friends and neighbors to strangers.
—Daryl Van Tongeren, Fortune, 12 June 2026
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Matt Grobar, Deadline, 12 June 2026
Artistic director Matt Morrow is no stranger to eye-popping productions on the Lesher stage.
—Charles Lewis Iii, Mercury News, 12 June 2026
Shakira is no stranger to either the World Cup or halftime performances.
—Tiago Ventura, Time, 12 June 2026
Existential humility benefits other people in someone’s life, from friends and neighbors to strangers.
—Daryl Van Tongeren, Fortune, 12 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for stranger
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stranger
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Since Russia’s invasion in February 2022, foreigners have traveled to Ukraine to assist in the war effort after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy made a public plea for veterans to come to Kyiv at the start of the conflict, according to the Financial Times.—
Adriana James-Rodil,
FOXNews.com,
3 Dec. 2025
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Cases of foreigners targeting vulnerable Haitians are not new.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
2 Dec. 2025
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The otherworldliness of these robots, then, seems fully intentional, as they are as far removed from humans as any alien being would appear to us now.—
Jesse Hassenger,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 June 2026
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From World Cup soccer to Steven Spielberg’s new space alien movie, this is shaping up as an epic weekend.—
Randy McMullen,
Mercury News,
11 June 2026
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“Stranger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stranger. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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