as in foreigners
a person who is not native to or known to a community
the people of the island are quick to make strangers feel at home
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Recent Examples of strangers
For example, someone who talks to lots of different kinds of people - strangers, acquaintances, friends, family, colleagues - in a day is likely to feel happier than someone who talks only to, say, colleagues and friends.
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Rhitu Chatterjee, NPR, 9 May 2026
Basketball games, liquor store trips, driving down Broadway, hanging out in alleyways, bonding with strangers in a local bar.
—Anna Ortiz, Chicago Tribune, 9 May 2026
This moment 50 years ago tested the fabric of Yuba City, then a much smaller farming community, and the resilience of those in Martinez who responded to the tragedy of strangers that fell on their doorstep.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 9 May 2026
Only about 300 transplants a year come from living donors directed to strangers.
—Jan Goldsmith, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 May 2026
The strategy will come out of having complete strangers without any history who will create a new version of the game.
—Josef Adalian, Vulture, 7 May 2026
This dark psychological thriller about guilt, obsession, truth and morality arises out of just a single conversation between strangers who happen to sit next to one another.
—Literary Hub, 6 May 2026
For a generation tired of being ghosted by strangers, that has become the more attractive option.
—Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 6 May 2026
Over a lifetime, filmmaker Lynne Sachs has collected business cards—mementos of brief exchanges with strangers—and selects seven to uncover why these moments have lingered so vividly in her memory.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 6 May 2026
Rhitu Chatterjee, NPR, 9 May 2026
Basketball games, liquor store trips, driving down Broadway, hanging out in alleyways, bonding with strangers in a local bar.
—Anna Ortiz, Chicago Tribune, 9 May 2026
This moment 50 years ago tested the fabric of Yuba City, then a much smaller farming community, and the resilience of those in Martinez who responded to the tragedy of strangers that fell on their doorstep.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 9 May 2026
Only about 300 transplants a year come from living donors directed to strangers.
—Jan Goldsmith, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 May 2026
The strategy will come out of having complete strangers without any history who will create a new version of the game.
—Josef Adalian, Vulture, 7 May 2026
This dark psychological thriller about guilt, obsession, truth and morality arises out of just a single conversation between strangers who happen to sit next to one another.
—Literary Hub, 6 May 2026
For a generation tired of being ghosted by strangers, that has become the more attractive option.
—Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 6 May 2026
Over a lifetime, filmmaker Lynne Sachs has collected business cards—mementos of brief exchanges with strangers—and selects seven to uncover why these moments have lingered so vividly in her memory.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 6 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for strangers
Noun
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Pleas from other countries fell on deaf ears, with Zelensky issuing cryptic warnings for foreigners to stay away from the Victory Day parade.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
8 May 2026
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Nine foreigners and 11 local hikers were climbing Mount Dukono at the time of the eruption, North Halmahera Police Chief Erlichson Pasaribu told Indonesia’s Kompas TV.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
8 May 2026
Noun
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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
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“Strangers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/strangers. Accessed 14 May. 2026.
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