as in strangers
a person who is not native to or known to a community
I can tell by your accent you're a foreigner in these parts
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Recent Examples of foreigners
But in the middle of yet another generational energy crisis, its second in four years, dependence on foreigners for much of the EU’s energy needs has returned to haunt the continent.
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Tristan Bove, Fortune, 24 Apr. 2026
Long-term needs like schools, visas and stable residency can be more complicated for foreigners.
—Windsor Johnston, NPR, 23 Apr. 2026
Seven other foreign nationals – including two Americans – were wounded by gunshots, and another six foreigners suffered varying injuries during the chaos.
—Michael Rios, CNN Money, 21 Apr. 2026
Cuba’s tourism revenue jumped 15% in the first half of 2016, and a record 4 million foreigners visited that year.
—The Week Us, TheWeek, 20 Apr. 2026
Migrants in Spain began applying to legalize their status Monday after the Southern European nation launched a mass legalization measure that could affect hundreds of thousands of foreigners living and working in the country without authorization.
—ABC News, 20 Apr. 2026
The move comes after an audit found more than half of the state's commercial trucking licenses issued to foreigners were issued illegally.
—Jesse Zanger, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026
López Aliaga, the ultraconservative former mayor of Peru’s capital, Lima, focuses on a hard-line security agenda, proposing to build prisons in the country’s Amazon region, allowing judges to conceal their identities and expelling foreigners who are living illegally in Peru.
—Franklin Briceño, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2026
The two-month extension would buy the House time to debate a series of reforms pitched by the party’s conservative wing, including requiring a warrant to review any information collected on Americans as the government surveils the communications of foreigners located abroad.
—Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 16 Apr. 2026
Tristan Bove, Fortune, 24 Apr. 2026
Long-term needs like schools, visas and stable residency can be more complicated for foreigners.
—Windsor Johnston, NPR, 23 Apr. 2026
Seven other foreign nationals – including two Americans – were wounded by gunshots, and another six foreigners suffered varying injuries during the chaos.
—Michael Rios, CNN Money, 21 Apr. 2026
Cuba’s tourism revenue jumped 15% in the first half of 2016, and a record 4 million foreigners visited that year.
—The Week Us, TheWeek, 20 Apr. 2026
Migrants in Spain began applying to legalize their status Monday after the Southern European nation launched a mass legalization measure that could affect hundreds of thousands of foreigners living and working in the country without authorization.
—ABC News, 20 Apr. 2026
The move comes after an audit found more than half of the state's commercial trucking licenses issued to foreigners were issued illegally.
—Jesse Zanger, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026
López Aliaga, the ultraconservative former mayor of Peru’s capital, Lima, focuses on a hard-line security agenda, proposing to build prisons in the country’s Amazon region, allowing judges to conceal their identities and expelling foreigners who are living illegally in Peru.
—Franklin Briceño, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2026
The two-month extension would buy the House time to debate a series of reforms pitched by the party’s conservative wing, including requiring a warrant to review any information collected on Americans as the government surveils the communications of foreigners located abroad.
—Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 16 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for foreigners
Noun
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Together the strangers slung Haridasse's arms over their shoulders and staggered to the finish line as a trio.—
Scott Simon,
NPR,
25 Apr. 2026
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Yazbek is studying medicine and is living with her family among strangers in the refugee camp, trying to study on her iPad while kids play tag in the halls.—
Sean Nevin,
NBC news,
24 Apr. 2026
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Now, most Memphis barbecue restaurants serve BBQ spaghetti, and even outsiders of Memphis know that BBQ spaghetti is a part of our famous barbecue culture.—
Taylor Tobin,
Southern Living,
25 Apr. 2026
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But these unknown early writings suggest that he may be better understood as an immigrant writer—one of the gifted, ambivalent outsiders who remade American literature after World War II—whose most astonishing achievement was the all-American voice of On the Road and the books that came after.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 Apr. 2026
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“Foreigners.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foreigners. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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