as in stranger
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 foreigner
The 7-Eleven franchise, which spans more than 85,000 stores in Japan, the U.S. and Europe, has a new chief executive, Stephen Hayes Dacus, the first foreigner tapped to head 7-Eleven.
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Preston Fore, Fortune, 17 July 2025
Analysts have pushed back on the claims that an influx of foreigners is largely to blame for rising costs in Mexico City.
—Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2025
The transfers, which had not been previously reported, signal a significant expansion in the Trump administration's efforts to turn parts of Guantanamo Bay into immigration detention facilities to hold foreigners facing deportation.
—Camilo Montoya-Galvez
july 1, CBS News, 1 July 2025
While most tourist sites are still packed with far more domestic tourists than foreigners, travel companies and tour guides are now bracing for a bigger influx in anticipation of summer holiday goers coming to China.
—Fu Ting, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2025
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Preston Fore, Fortune, 17 July 2025
Analysts have pushed back on the claims that an influx of foreigners is largely to blame for rising costs in Mexico City.
—Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2025
The transfers, which had not been previously reported, signal a significant expansion in the Trump administration's efforts to turn parts of Guantanamo Bay into immigration detention facilities to hold foreigners facing deportation.
—Camilo Montoya-Galvez
july 1, CBS News, 1 July 2025
While most tourist sites are still packed with far more domestic tourists than foreigners, travel companies and tour guides are now bracing for a bigger influx in anticipation of summer holiday goers coming to China.
—Fu Ting, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for foreigner
stranger
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The viral video, with just under a half a million views, led commenters to share their own experiences of comforting strangers.—
Colson Thayer,
People.com,
22 July 2025
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On Sunday, Lovett Moore’s family and friends, volunteers, strangers and clergy from as far away as the Bay Area began their search once again, gathering near the Arena Boulevard gas station where the legally blind and disabled Natomas man was last seen.—
Darrell Smith,
Sacbee.com,
21 July 2025
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“Foreigner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foreigner. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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