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Recent Examples of foreign-born
Seventy percent of Doral’s population is foreign-born, and Venezuelans make up over a third of the residents.
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Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 14 Apr. 2025
Around 6% of Amador County's 42,000 residents are foreign-born, according to U.S. Census data.
—Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 9 Apr. 2025
About a quarter of all NBA players this season are foreign-born.
—Joe Vardon, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2025
About a quarter of all NBA players this season are foreign-born.
—Joe Vardon, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2025
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Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 14 Apr. 2025
Around 6% of Amador County's 42,000 residents are foreign-born, according to U.S. Census data.
—Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 9 Apr. 2025
About a quarter of all NBA players this season are foreign-born.
—Joe Vardon, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2025
About a quarter of all NBA players this season are foreign-born.
—Joe Vardon, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for foreign-born
Adjective
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This immersive experience successfully showcased Buldak to a diverse, international audience, cementing its status as the ultimate representative of Korea’s bold culinary influence.—
William Jones,
USA Today,
27 Apr. 2025
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In the 1940s and '50s, the Hill Country area was known as an international wool and mohair center, and Comfort’s own Adolf Stieler was called the Angora Goat King of the World.—
Amanda Ogle,
Travel + Leisure,
26 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Much of Washington Heights is old farmland The area's earliest nonindigenous civilization in the Washington Heights area began in 1835.—
Drake Bentley,
Journal Sentinel,
19 Feb. 2024
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The lizard may also have or spread nonindigenous parasites or pathogens to native wildlife.—
Amaris Encinas,
USA TODAY,
3 Jan. 2024
Adjective
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The tight race has led to a surge in political advertising and campaigning on popular prominently Chinese-language apps such as WeChat and Red Note targeting marginal, multicultural constituencies in recent weeks.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
29 Apr. 2025
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Jakes founded The Potter's House in 1996 as a non-denominational, multicultural church in South Dallas.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
People.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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The biggest donor was multinational food company Pilgrim's Pride Corporation, which gave $5 million despite having very little political contribution history at the federal level in recent years.—
Kevin Shalvey,
ABC News,
22 Apr. 2025
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With the risk of global economic harm now a very real threat for many multinational industries, businesses everywhere are working to stem the harm amongst the uncertainty.—
Brett F. Braley-Palko,
Forbes.com,
22 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Last month, the number of overseas visitors fell nearly 12% compared with the same time last year, according to data from the International Trade Administration, an agency under the U.S. Department of Commerce.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
20 Apr. 2025
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More visitors from overseas means more customers for his retail stores and more potential buyers of his villas.—
Giacomo Tognini,
Forbes.com,
19 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The only reason there’s a handful of options for Day 3 is because many of their guys at the end of the depth chart are external vets and the Cowboys could try to replace them with homegrown talents.—
Saad Yousuf,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2025
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Prior to Joyce, Lisa Cummins, the minister of energy and business development in Barbados, spoke movingly about how her small island nation was being buffeted by external forces.—
Christine Ro,
Forbes.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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“Foreign-born.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foreign-born. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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