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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This divide affects foreigners and Egyptians alike, the latter historically cut off from their heritage, either removed abroad or viewed through an exoticized lens.
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Costa Beavin Pappas, ARTnews.com, 3 Jan. 2025
Here’s hoping the new administration heeds his impulse to admit the very most talented foreigners while tightening up on a ramshackle legal immigration system that serves our interests poorly.
—The Editors, National Review, 30 Dec. 2024
China's immigration agency reported 8.2 million foreigner entries in the third quarter, a 48.8 percent rise from the second quarter.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Dec. 2024
He was so well regarded after helping Canada dodge the worst of the global economic crisis that the U.K. named him the first foreigner to serve as governor of the Bank of England since it was founded in 1694.
—Rob Gillies, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024
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Costa Beavin Pappas, ARTnews.com, 3 Jan. 2025
Here’s hoping the new administration heeds his impulse to admit the very most talented foreigners while tightening up on a ramshackle legal immigration system that serves our interests poorly.
—The Editors, National Review, 30 Dec. 2024
China's immigration agency reported 8.2 million foreigner entries in the third quarter, a 48.8 percent rise from the second quarter.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Dec. 2024
He was so well regarded after helping Canada dodge the worst of the global economic crisis that the U.K. named him the first foreigner to serve as governor of the Bank of England since it was founded in 1694.
—Rob Gillies, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024
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“Foreigner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foreigner. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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