as in foreigners
a person who is not native to or known to a community
the problems encountered by a nonnative after moving into a close-knit community
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Noun
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Pappier says that Venezuela intensified detentions of foreigners after its presidential election in 2024 — a vote that Maduro has been widely accused of stealing.—
Manuel Rueda,
NPR,
4 Oct. 2025 -
That, indeed, seems a fairly broad opinion in Luxembourg, with just 670,000 people, nearly half of them foreigners.—
Vivienne Walt,
Time,
3 Oct. 2025
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And since Nex Playground is a kid-friendly console, parents won't have to worry about privacy concerns around public servers, inappropriate ads, and strangers.—
Annabelle Canela,
Parents,
7 Oct. 2025
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Meanwhile her cat is in a different location, unbothered by the strangers who randomly took his couch.—
Maria Azzurra Volpe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Oct. 2025
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“Nonnatives.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonnatives. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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