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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At the booth, there was a significant increase in the number of foreigners who paid attention to China’s films compared to last year.—
Partner Content,
Variety,
17 May 2026 -
Luxembourg also has the highest GDP per capitain the European Union with a population of around 700,000, which foreigners make up around 47 percent of.—
Taryn White,
Travel + Leisure,
13 May 2026
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The longer answer is that there are pages and pages of old FBI records, unresolved cases, eyewitness interviews, and the usual grainy, black-and-white images that show dots but nothing remotely conclusive about aliens, alien spaceships, or any alien technology.—
Eric Berger,
ArsTechnica,
8 May 2026
Noun
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The hotel’s tiny elevators, hilariously unequipped for modern Cannes realities like couture gowns and glam teams, routinely force strangers into uncomfortable proximity.—
Melinda Sheckells,
HollywoodReporter,
16 May 2026
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Twenty-five hundred strangers in front of us.—
Vin Diesel,
Variety,
16 May 2026
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“Nonnatives.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonnatives. Accessed 24 May. 2026.
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