foreigners

plural of foreigner

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of foreigners Rates for the 360° Experience start at $134 per person for foreigners, while the 180° Experience starts at $53. Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 31 July 2026 Argentina’s Constitution explicitly encourages immigration, and for decades the country has offered foreigners broad civil rights and relatively easy access to legal residency, public education and healthcare. Isabel Debre, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2026 Hypocrites, humbugs, Germans, Jews, Yankees, foreigners, Park Laners, cosmopolitan riffraff. Literary Hub, 24 July 2026 The push to bring more foreigners to the city comes after Dubai hit a record-breaking number of visitors last year (and in 2023 and 2024). Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026 The Shanghai debut is effectively closed to foreigners, and even mainland retail investors face steep barriers to the STAR market, which requires a 500,000 yuan account balance and two years of trading experience. Anniek Bao,jenny Lee, CNBC, 23 July 2026 In 2024, Addis Ababa opened its banking sector to foreigners for the first time in 50 years, aiming to inject international capital into a historically closed and credit-starved market of 100 million people. Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 22 July 2026 That small but extremely virulent fire killed 13 people, including several foreigners, in one of Spain’s deadliest wildfires. ABC News, 22 July 2026 On the wide, mythic stage that Nolan sets, through Odysseus’ oh-so-clever, treacherous scheme of the Trojan Horse as much as anything else, the entire world has lost the ability to deal generously with strangers and foreigners. Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 20 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for foreigners
Noun
  • One by one, people started showing up — complete strangers, including the entire Tam High basketball team.
    Itay Hod, CBS News, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Dozens of people attended the first gathering, many of them strangers who shared stories about Blacio’s kindness.
    Lila Hempel-Edgers, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Once again, we’re shown Blunt’s character being hijacked by aliens mid-weather report, uttering an alien language of clicks and pops.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 27 May 2026
Noun
  • But a July 29 SFGATE story about the city of San Diego closing more than half of the 23 restrooms at a park that had 15 million visitors in 2025 — to save a measly $546,000 — illustrated what Gloria’s arguments look like to outsiders.
    U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Aug. 2026
  • That’s left arbitrators using a process that’s frustratingly opaque to outsiders.
    Lisa Jarvis, Mercury News, 1 Aug. 2026

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“Foreigners.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foreigners. Accessed 9 Aug. 2026.

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