as in foreign
being, relating to, or characteristic of a country other than one's own
nonnative customs that made the recent immigrants stand out in their new country
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as in stranger
a person who is not native to or known to a community
the problems encountered by a nonnative after moving into a close-knit community
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Adjective
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Tariffs would hinder foreign producers and boost domestic manufacturers, reinvigorating regions left behind as the sector's jobs moved overseas, Trump said.—
Max Zahn,
ABC News,
29 Apr. 2025 -
The ministry also said that foreign guests from more than 20 countries and organizations, including the U.S., will participate in the celebration this year.—
Nga Pham,
NPR,
29 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Nine new strangers are invited by Masha to take part in a transformational wellness retreat in the Austrian Alps.—
Monica Mercuri,
Forbes.com,
1 May 2025
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John Carroll Lynch co-stars as a stranger who helps Agnes out in the worst of times.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
1 May 2025
Noun
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Athletic were founded in 1898 and originally played with foreigners after British workers and Basque students who had lived there brought football to Bilbao.—
Tomás Hill López-Menchero,
New York Times,
29 Apr. 2025
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For a country with more than thirty trillion dollars in outstanding government debt, about eight trillion of which is owned by foreigners, the spectre of a weakened Treasury bond market is alarming.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Eventually the aliens will slip up and do something unhuman a little too nonchalantly.—
Bluesky Social,
Bluesky Social,
22 Apr. 2025
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By the time the third movie in the franchise rolls around, the zombies, cheerleaders, and werewolves face off with a group of invading aliens with uncertain intentions and (no spoilers) an unexpected secret about Addison’s true identity is revealed.—
Elisabeth Sherman,
Parents,
22 Apr. 2025
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“Nonnative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonnative. Accessed 9 May. 2025.
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