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
Earlier that day, a 16-year-old boy was slashed in the back of the head by a stranger who started an argument with him near the entrance of the Seneca Ave.
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Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 22 Jan. 2026
Rob confirms that there were strangers at the funerals as well.
—Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 22 Jan. 2026
This theory is put to the test when a stranger arrives — a fish out of water, to invoke an oft-used but, here, very appropriate metaphor.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 22 Jan. 2026
The platform has fielded nearly 50,000 user questions in just months, mostly people who previously posted portfolio screenshots on Reddit asking strangers for feedback.
—Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
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Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 22 Jan. 2026
Rob confirms that there were strangers at the funerals as well.
—Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 22 Jan. 2026
This theory is put to the test when a stranger arrives — a fish out of water, to invoke an oft-used but, here, very appropriate metaphor.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 22 Jan. 2026
The platform has fielded nearly 50,000 user questions in just months, mostly people who previously posted portfolio screenshots on Reddit asking strangers for feedback.
—Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for stranger
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stranger
Noun
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Zaremba, who immigrated to Sweden from Poland as a teen-ager, in 1969, noted that those who had grown up in Sweden couldn’t see the value of such a project to foreigners.—
Colton Valentine,
New Yorker,
24 Jan. 2026
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Camp officials told The New Humanitarian news site in November that al-Hol's population was currently about 26,000 people — including about 6,000 foreigners from around 60 countries, excluding Iraq.—
Jane Arraf,
NPR,
22 Jan. 2026
Noun
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So, a massive alien falling onto it is an undeniable presence, looming over everything.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Jan. 2026
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David Bowie personally appears on the cover of 24 of his solo albums, depicting himself as a bowl-cut heartthrob, an androgynous blond, a space alien in human disguise, a cigarette-smoking lounge creature, a sideways pair of legs, and an oddly undersized boxer.—
Armin Rosen,
The Washington Examiner,
9 Jan. 2026
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“Stranger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stranger. Accessed 27 Jan. 2026.
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