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
Even if one accepts that perfectly reasonable people are happy to live in a bubble with strangers for months in hopes of achieving love, fame or a cash prize, someone inevitably is cast to bring the crazy, er, conversation-sparking personality.
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Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2026
The Panthers defeated Lehigh in the First Four and weren’t strangers to facing teams from major conferences after having lost on the road to Texas A&M, Missouri, LSU and Oklahoma State early this season.
—ABC News, 21 Mar. 2026
Both Reese and Weiss were strangers to Collins at the time of their deaths.
—Austin Turner, CBS News, 20 Mar. 2026
There are all these strangers who come to try on different hair accessories.
—Arushi Jacob, Variety, 19 Mar. 2026
The best part is sampling all the chili, of course, but another highlight is seeing the community come together to eat, drink and swap recommendations with friends and strangers in line.
—Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 19 Mar. 2026
Comments poured in from strangers accusing her of overreacting.
—Katie Jackson, Outside, 19 Mar. 2026
Facial recognition, the ability to identify strangers on the street in real time, is coming.
—Yunus Emre Tozal, Chicago Tribune, 18 Mar. 2026
To strangers, Kay seemed demure, diffident, even shy, an impression her youthful appearance helped create.
—Charlotte Brooks, Big Think, 13 Mar. 2026
Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2026
The Panthers defeated Lehigh in the First Four and weren’t strangers to facing teams from major conferences after having lost on the road to Texas A&M, Missouri, LSU and Oklahoma State early this season.
—ABC News, 21 Mar. 2026
Both Reese and Weiss were strangers to Collins at the time of their deaths.
—Austin Turner, CBS News, 20 Mar. 2026
There are all these strangers who come to try on different hair accessories.
—Arushi Jacob, Variety, 19 Mar. 2026
The best part is sampling all the chili, of course, but another highlight is seeing the community come together to eat, drink and swap recommendations with friends and strangers in line.
—Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 19 Mar. 2026
Comments poured in from strangers accusing her of overreacting.
—Katie Jackson, Outside, 19 Mar. 2026
Facial recognition, the ability to identify strangers on the street in real time, is coming.
—Yunus Emre Tozal, Chicago Tribune, 18 Mar. 2026
To strangers, Kay seemed demure, diffident, even shy, an impression her youthful appearance helped create.
—Charlotte Brooks, Big Think, 13 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for strangers
foreigners
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Ardeshir Zahedi eventually parted with him, saying in later years that accepting financial backing from foreigners and essentially asking them to drop bombs on their own country was un-Iranian.—
Azadeh Moaveni,
New Yorker,
22 Mar. 2026
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The area where Gracey went out is a stretch of beach with several restaurants and nightclubs that are frequented by locals and foreigners.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
19 Mar. 2026
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“Strangers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/strangers. Accessed 24 Mar. 2026.
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