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
The best part is sampling all the chili, of course, but another highlight is seeing the community come together to eat, drink and swap recommendations with friends and strangers in line.
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Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 19 Mar. 2026
Comments poured in from strangers accusing her of overreacting.
—Katie Jackson, Outside, 19 Mar. 2026
Comfort, safety and peace of mind can all play a role when stepping into a stranger's car.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 19 Mar. 2026
On the night of a major SpaceX mission, a stranger was working the room like she’d been tasked.
—Adam Ciralsky, Vanity Fair, 19 Mar. 2026
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Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 19 Mar. 2026
Comments poured in from strangers accusing her of overreacting.
—Katie Jackson, Outside, 19 Mar. 2026
Comfort, safety and peace of mind can all play a role when stepping into a stranger's car.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 19 Mar. 2026
On the night of a major SpaceX mission, a stranger was working the room like she’d been tasked.
—Adam Ciralsky, Vanity Fair, 19 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stranger
Noun
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Ardeshir Zahedi eventually parted with him, saying in later years that accepting financial backing from foreigners and essentially asking them to drop bombs on their own country was un-Iranian.—
Azadeh Moaveni,
New Yorker,
22 Mar. 2026
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The area where Gracey went out is a stretch of beach with several restaurants and nightclubs that are frequented by locals and foreigners.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
19 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Kona Blackwater Dive is an advanced, thrilling dive over deep water (thousands of feet) to witness the nightly migration of pelagic, alien-like and larval creatures.—
Ben Davidson,
Mercury News,
16 Mar. 2026
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As a result, the alien almost certainly wouldn’t have the same basic chemical or genetic building blocks that all life on Earth shares—and a simple genetic test would reveal that, Wong says.—
Emma Gometz,
Scientific American,
15 Mar. 2026
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“Stranger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stranger. Accessed 23 Mar. 2026.
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