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
How to get out of an awkward situation in order to avoid booking that plane ticket back to New York, where nothing much awaits her, after conning her way into a stranger’s home?
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Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 9 Apr. 2026
Meanwhile, Margot wants to prove that the strangers on the opposite side of the screen are human beings.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026
Miller said the family woke up expecting their daughter to return home, but were shocked to find a stranger at their door in the middle of the night.
—Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 9 Apr. 2026
These violent acts by a stranger who knew nothing about these people or this place disrupted our sense of safety.
—Stephen Trimble, Denver Post, 8 Apr. 2026
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Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 9 Apr. 2026
Meanwhile, Margot wants to prove that the strangers on the opposite side of the screen are human beings.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026
Miller said the family woke up expecting their daughter to return home, but were shocked to find a stranger at their door in the middle of the night.
—Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 9 Apr. 2026
These violent acts by a stranger who knew nothing about these people or this place disrupted our sense of safety.
—Stephen Trimble, Denver Post, 8 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for stranger
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stranger
Noun
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Almost all the roughly 2,300 residents of Roj are foreigners.—
Jane Arraf,
NPR,
11 Apr. 2026
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Kataib Hezbollah has been accused of kidnapping other foreigners.—
Todd Richmond,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Ortiz, 42, plays Rocky, an arachnoid alien made of stone-like material, who befriends Grace.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Apr. 2026
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The group meets a dying alien of the Andalite race, which has been fighting the Yeerks and their expansion across the galaxy.—
Joe Otterson,
Variety,
3 Apr. 2026
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“Stranger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stranger. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.
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