1
as in international
being, relating to, or characteristic of a country other than one's own
more Americans should take an interest in foreign languages
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as in external
not being a vital part of or belonging to something
pediatricians often have to remove peas or other foreign bodies from inside the ears of curious toddlers
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as in multinational
relating to or involving two or more nations
foreign trade has always been vital to the region's economic health
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Recent Examples of foreign
Election debate has centered on health care, education, and future ties with Denmark, which still controls foreign, defense and monetary policy since Greenland won self-rule in 1979.
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Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
In the end, Americans paid the tariffs, not foreign companies.
—Chad P. Bown, Foreign Affairs, 11 Mar. 2025
Therefore, foreign firms like Mercedes-Benz need to localize their research, development, and operations in China and integrate Juan culture into their Western management style.
—London School Of Economics, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
Jonathan Glazer’s 2024 Oscar winner The Zone of Interest won the César for best foreign film.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Feb. 2025
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Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
In the end, Americans paid the tariffs, not foreign companies.
—Chad P. Bown, Foreign Affairs, 11 Mar. 2025
Therefore, foreign firms like Mercedes-Benz need to localize their research, development, and operations in China and integrate Juan culture into their Western management style.
—London School Of Economics, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
Jonathan Glazer’s 2024 Oscar winner The Zone of Interest won the César for best foreign film.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for foreign
Adjective
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The regime’s brutality was evident in incidents such as the 1960 Sharpeville Massacre, where 69 unarmed protesters were killed by police, which, like in Gandhi’s Salt March, marked a turning point in international condemnation.—
Dan Pontefract,
Forbes,
22 Mar. 2025
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The movie, the first-ever film from Kazakhstan to screen at the Copenhagen festival, will debut as one of 12 entries in its Dox:Award: international competition lineup.—
Georg Szalai,
The Hollywood Reporter,
21 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Centers Of Excellence To Centralize AI-Powered Tools And Expertise AI will become an integral part of any meaningful business interaction, in-house project or collaboration with external vendors and partners.—
Nataliya Andreychuk,
Forbes,
20 Mar. 2025
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Premium Resources Ltd Com acknowledges its dependence on external financing to continue its operations and advance its projects, noting the material uncertainties that cast doubt on its ability to continue as a going concern.—
Quartz Intelligence Newsroom,
Quartz,
20 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Conical shells stretch monstrous in our own alien waters.—
Julie Swarstad Johnson,
Scientific American,
18 Mar. 2025
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On season 5, now that alien mission partners Terry and Korvo are married, the whole Solar Opposites team are focused on family values.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
18 Mar. 2025
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The weather’s getting warmer in Montreal, playoff weather, a time of year this group is used to looking for external, irrelevant sources of motivation to play out the string.—
Arpon Basu,
The Athletic,
16 Mar. 2025
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Too long to weed through red herrings and convolutions in the mystery that eventually border on irrelevant.—
Daniel Fienberg,
The Hollywood Reporter,
12 Mar. 2025
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The review found that many of the deaths reported to VAERS claiming to be linked to the MMR included children who has serious underlying medical conditions or had deaths that were unrelated to the vaccine, including accidental deaths.—
Mary Kekatos,
ABC News,
14 Mar. 2025
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Authorities are urging residents to stay updated with NWS alerts and follow all fire safety guidelines to prevent accidental wildfires.—
Faisal Kutty,
Newsweek,
12 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The patchy and adventitious quality of Jameson’s reconstruction must make clear his difference as a thinker.—
Mark Greif,
Harper's Magazine,
26 July 2024
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The cut appears to have been high enough that the stump should still have enough adventitious buds to regrow.—
Jonathan Edwards,
Washington Post,
3 Oct. 2023
Adjective
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And that is not something extrinsic, imposed by regulation or taxation, but inherent to the way the company conceives of itself, its ownership structure, its governance, its performance metrics, its finances — everything.—
IESE Business School,
Forbes,
25 Feb. 2025
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Those sensors detect the subtle vibrations that are transmitted to the extrinsic laryngeal muscles (in the neck) from other anatomical locations including the velum, oropharynx, tongue, and epiglottis.—
Ben Coxworth,
New Atlas,
21 Feb. 2025
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While the series may ultimately feel extraneous to anyone already well-aware of terms like cyberbullying and the manosphere, its technical scope is impressive and purposeful, while its persistent empathy helps the ending feel more like a consoling hug than an outraged admonishment.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
13 Mar. 2025
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Not even Salley’s plastic surgeon, who is removing both of her breast implants as well as her extraneous e, could fix this mess.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
13 Mar. 2025
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“Foreign.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foreign. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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