as in stranger
a person who is not native to or known to a community
I can tell by your accent you're a foreigner in these parts
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Recent Examples of foreigner
As the Trump administration arbitrarily revokes and denies student visas, and xenophobic rhetoric scares away potential foreigners, agencies specializing in recruiting students from abroad are facing a sharp downturn.
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Emma Whitford, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025
Adding foreigners to the total, Japan's population stood at 123.8 million, down 550,000 year on year.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Apr. 2025
Athletic were founded in 1898 and originally played with foreigners after British workers and Basque students who had lived there brought football to Bilbao.
—Tomás Hill López-Menchero, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
For a country with more than thirty trillion dollars in outstanding government debt, about eight trillion of which is owned by foreigners, the spectre of a weakened Treasury bond market is alarming.
—John Cassidy, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
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Emma Whitford, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025
Adding foreigners to the total, Japan's population stood at 123.8 million, down 550,000 year on year.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Apr. 2025
Athletic were founded in 1898 and originally played with foreigners after British workers and Basque students who had lived there brought football to Bilbao.
—Tomás Hill López-Menchero, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
For a country with more than thirty trillion dollars in outstanding government debt, about eight trillion of which is owned by foreigners, the spectre of a weakened Treasury bond market is alarming.
—John Cassidy, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for foreigner
stranger
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Dropped into a remote location, a group of strangers will live together under one roof, and face stunts, challenges and a game of social strategy.—
Peter White,
Deadline,
12 May 2025
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In theaters, the Weeknd, Jenna Ortega, and Barry Keoghan star in Hurry Up Tomorrow, about a musician on the verge of a mental breakdown who meets a mysterious stranger who lures him into an existential journey.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
12 May 2025
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“Foreigner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foreigner. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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