as in stranger
a person who is not native to or known to a community
she seems to enjoy the odd distinction of being the only outsider in such a small community
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Recent Examples of outsider
Which West African masquerades and Native American dances are meant to be observed by outsiders?
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Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 18 May 2025
Related Stories Sensitive, 12-year-old Ben (Everett Blunck) comes to the Tom Lerner Water Polo Camp in the summer of 2003 as an outsider twice over.
—Jessica Kiang, Variety, 17 May 2025
In appointing a receiver by another name to run Rikers Island, Manhattan Federal Judge Laura Taylor Swain has rightly assigned the task to an independent outsider with the power to clean up the awful jail, which poses a threat to the safety of detainees and officers alike.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 14 May 2025
These aren’t Silicon Valley outsiders guessing at what clinicians need.
—William Jones, USA Today, 14 May 2025
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Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 18 May 2025
Related Stories Sensitive, 12-year-old Ben (Everett Blunck) comes to the Tom Lerner Water Polo Camp in the summer of 2003 as an outsider twice over.
—Jessica Kiang, Variety, 17 May 2025
In appointing a receiver by another name to run Rikers Island, Manhattan Federal Judge Laura Taylor Swain has rightly assigned the task to an independent outsider with the power to clean up the awful jail, which poses a threat to the safety of detainees and officers alike.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 14 May 2025
These aren’t Silicon Valley outsiders guessing at what clinicians need.
—William Jones, USA Today, 14 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outsider
Noun
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The accidental killer of strangers who caused her harm?—
Sara Netzley,
EW.com,
26 May 2025
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Now, my devotion continues with her newest, Swept Away — a love story about two strangers who get stranded at sea together on a houseboat.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
People.com,
24 May 2025
Noun
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Temp to Permanent: There’s periodic debate over the 120,000 foreigners annually awarded temporary H-1B visas, but almost no attention to the process by which many receive green cards.—
Alec MacGillis,
ProPublica,
3 June 2025
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And also the foreigners inside the U.S. have the same protections as the U.S. persons.—
Peter Hessler,
New Yorker,
3 June 2025
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“Outsider.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outsider. Accessed 9 Jun. 2025.
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