foreign-born

adjective

for·​eign-born ˌfȯr-ən-ˈbȯrn How to pronounce foreign-born (audio)
ˌfär-
: foreign by birth

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Since then, every first overall pick has been either a minority, foreign-born, or both. Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 26 June 2025 About one-third of construction workers are foreign-born, the Harvard study found—about twice the rate of the overall labor force. Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 June 2025 In some niches, like the dairy industry, more than half the 160,000-strong workforce is foreign-born. Irina Ivanova, Fortune, 22 June 2025 Two in five doctorate-level scientists and engineers in the United States are foreign-born. Emma Whitford, Forbes.com, 21 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for foreign-born

Word History

First Known Use

1692, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of foreign-born was in 1692

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“Foreign-born.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foreign-born. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.

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