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
The Evangelistas are no strangers to analyzing cases.
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Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 23 May 2026
Disasters spark an outpouring of kindness between strangers, overpowering any social barriers that existed before.
—Pauline Bartolone, NPR, 23 May 2026
Total strangers giggling about his addiction to drugs.
—Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 23 May 2026
My younger sister, who is divorced, has raised two sons who are now young adults but strangers to me.
—Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 23 May 2026
But what stayed with her was knowing that strangers had chosen to give their time for her family, which inspired her to want to do her part to make a positive difference in the lives of others.
—Clay Routledge, Fortune, 23 May 2026
But there is a difference between building a fulfilling career and developing one designed to impress strangers.
—Cheryl Robinson, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
Three Reasons For Revenge by Dervla McTiernan After a woman vanishes from a police station, three strangers receive disturbing, personalized packages that begin to unravel their lives.
—Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 22 May 2026
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
Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 23 May 2026
Disasters spark an outpouring of kindness between strangers, overpowering any social barriers that existed before.
—Pauline Bartolone, NPR, 23 May 2026
Total strangers giggling about his addiction to drugs.
—Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 23 May 2026
My younger sister, who is divorced, has raised two sons who are now young adults but strangers to me.
—Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 23 May 2026
But what stayed with her was knowing that strangers had chosen to give their time for her family, which inspired her to want to do her part to make a positive difference in the lives of others.
—Clay Routledge, Fortune, 23 May 2026
But there is a difference between building a fulfilling career and developing one designed to impress strangers.
—Cheryl Robinson, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
Three Reasons For Revenge by Dervla McTiernan After a woman vanishes from a police station, three strangers receive disturbing, personalized packages that begin to unravel their lives.
—Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 22 May 2026
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for strangers
Noun
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The pattern of foreigners defending America didn’t stop after the Revolutionary War.—
Agustina Vergara Cid,
Oc Register,
23 May 2026
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An unprecedented number of tourists have flocked to Japan in recent years, but some residents have become fed up by foreigners' unruly behavior.—
Frank Andrews,
CBS News,
18 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 26 May. 2026.
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