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
Please feel free to bring such comments by foreigners to my attention.
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Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
Finally, any foreigner standing on US soil has the right to claim asylum.
—John Fugelsang
september 12, Literary Hub, 12 Sep. 2025
But there’s a major difference between visiting as a tourist and settling into life as a foreigner.
—Essence, 10 Sep. 2025
Ample opportunities to travel, eat great cuisine, and enjoy a pleasant climate are among the reasons Panama is such a great home base for foreigners abroad.
—Sophie Friedman, AFAR Media, 2 Sep. 2025
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Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
Finally, any foreigner standing on US soil has the right to claim asylum.
—John Fugelsang
september 12, Literary Hub, 12 Sep. 2025
But there’s a major difference between visiting as a tourist and settling into life as a foreigner.
—Essence, 10 Sep. 2025
Ample opportunities to travel, eat great cuisine, and enjoy a pleasant climate are among the reasons Panama is such a great home base for foreigners abroad.
—Sophie Friedman, AFAR Media, 2 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for foreigner
Recent Examples of Synonyms for foreigner
stranger
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Living together in the Fear House, a group of strangers face OMG stunts, challenges, and a twisted game of social strategy, Banijay teases.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
29 Sep. 2025
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If any of the strangers in this open boat lost their minds and threw a few of us overboard, threw me overboard, that would be that.—
Ann Patchett,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Foreigner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foreigner. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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