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
Nick Westbrook-Ikhine and Tagovailoa act like strangers on the field.
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Omar Kelly
updated October 31, Miami Herald, 31 Oct. 2025
Soon, those strangers asked the nine-year-old to strip; some of them flew to Manila to meet her.
—Natalia Paradies, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2025
In Pollard’s view, this transformative magic alchemizes when complete strangers connect and become friends.
—Georgiana Ralphs, CNN Money, 31 Oct. 2025
Creswell has spent decades trying to understand the blind fury that would drive someone to blow up strangers.
—John Archibald, New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2025
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Omar Kelly
updated October 31, Miami Herald, 31 Oct. 2025
Soon, those strangers asked the nine-year-old to strip; some of them flew to Manila to meet her.
—Natalia Paradies, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2025
In Pollard’s view, this transformative magic alchemizes when complete strangers connect and become friends.
—Georgiana Ralphs, CNN Money, 31 Oct. 2025
Creswell has spent decades trying to understand the blind fury that would drive someone to blow up strangers.
—John Archibald, New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stranger
Noun
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The foreigners, almost without exception, refuse to formally abjure Christianity, though that is one way to gain liberty.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
31 Oct. 2025
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This growth has been bolstered by Vision 2030 reforms that will allow freehold ownership for foreigners starting in 2026.—
Lily Mae Lazarus,
Fortune,
29 Oct. 2025
Noun
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That’s because the third act reveals that Teddy was right all along, and Michelle is an alien.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
3 Nov. 2025
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This sent Teddy down a rabbit hole of Internet conspiracy theories that ultimately led to him latching onto the idea that Michelle is an alien-in-disguise from the Andromeda galaxy who was sent to Earth as part of a plot to wipe out humanity.—
Megan McCluskey,
Time,
31 Oct. 2025
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“Stranger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stranger. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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