as in foreigners
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 outsiders
What started as a protest against outsiders controlling the town turned into a decades-long tradition that still lives on today.
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Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Sep. 2025
All factor into Chelsea’s estimations as outsiders for the title.
—Jack Bantock, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
This is all meant to be impenetrable to outsiders, which is one reason for the confusion that follows shootings such as the one in Minneapolis.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2025
Everything that travels through this tunnel is hidden from outsiders, including your internet provider.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Volume can look impressive, especially to outsiders.
—Achal Singi, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
But outsiders may never share a daughter’s recognition.
—Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2025
When that turned into mass annihilation, the most frequent Israeli excuse was the population’s state of shock, trauma, exhaustion and bewilderment, the sensation of being under threat from outsiders and in imminent danger.
—Uriel Kon
september 2, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2025
Before the Jumpstart Our Business Startups, or JOBS, Act in 2012, these firms couldn’t solicit outsiders, much less advertise.
—Leslie Picker, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2025
Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Sep. 2025
All factor into Chelsea’s estimations as outsiders for the title.
—Jack Bantock, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
This is all meant to be impenetrable to outsiders, which is one reason for the confusion that follows shootings such as the one in Minneapolis.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2025
Everything that travels through this tunnel is hidden from outsiders, including your internet provider.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Volume can look impressive, especially to outsiders.
—Achal Singi, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
But outsiders may never share a daughter’s recognition.
—Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2025
When that turned into mass annihilation, the most frequent Israeli excuse was the population’s state of shock, trauma, exhaustion and bewilderment, the sensation of being under threat from outsiders and in imminent danger.
—Uriel Kon
september 2, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2025
Before the Jumpstart Our Business Startups, or JOBS, Act in 2012, these firms couldn’t solicit outsiders, much less advertise.
—Leslie Picker, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for outsiders
Noun
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President Luong Cuong also announced last week a major amnesty for 13,920 prisoners who will be released before the end of their jail terms, including 66 foreigners.—
Phuong Nguyen,
USA Today,
3 Sep. 2025
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Continue reading … ELITE HAVEN – Middle East nation offers foreigners 'golden' opportunity with hefty investment.—
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FOXNews.com,
2 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Gospel music played on speakers, family members served chicken soup, strangers hugged each other, friends left carrying several plates stuffed with leftover food.—
Amanda Rosa,
Miami Herald,
10 Sep. 2025
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Locals are sentimental about the happy, drunken teen graduates, who are thanked by strangers for their future contributions to Denmark.—
Sarah Larson,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Outsiders.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outsiders. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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