as in foreigners
a person who is not native to or known to a community
she seems to enjoy the odd distinction of being the only outsider in such a small community
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Recent Examples of outsiders
While ministers in Kabul appear keen to engage with the international community, Taliban leaders in Kandahar, Afghanistan’s second city, are unwilling to liaise with outsiders, Chatham House says.
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Catherine Nicholls, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
Senior leadership and ground crew of Boeing have a detailed awareness of the operational difficulties that outsiders sometimes overlook.
—Jim Osman, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
Now, perhaps a little less efficiently, the dream is that two outsiders will do it.
—Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2024
Those optics games might fool outsiders, but Mara knows what the real score was on Thanksgiving.
—Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 8 Dec. 2024
Revenue data is not public, but historically, in the tribal lending model of payday lending, these outsiders have taken the lion’s share of the profits, according to lawsuits.
—Megan O’Matz, ProPublica, 6 Dec. 2024
The term lets trans people connect with media on their own terms, and provides a path for outsiders looking to better grasp the trans experience — of which egg-dom might be a critical step.
—Evelyn Bauer, Them, 5 Dec. 2024
Intel has started evaluating a handful of outsiders, including former board member Lip-Bu Tan, for the role of CEO, Reuters reported on Tuesday.
—Arsheeya Bajwa, Reuters, 5 Dec. 2024
These passcodes can ensure outsiders don’t have access to sensitive information.
—Gegham Azatyan, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
Catherine Nicholls, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
Senior leadership and ground crew of Boeing have a detailed awareness of the operational difficulties that outsiders sometimes overlook.
—Jim Osman, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
Now, perhaps a little less efficiently, the dream is that two outsiders will do it.
—Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2024
Those optics games might fool outsiders, but Mara knows what the real score was on Thanksgiving.
—Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 8 Dec. 2024
Revenue data is not public, but historically, in the tribal lending model of payday lending, these outsiders have taken the lion’s share of the profits, according to lawsuits.
—Megan O’Matz, ProPublica, 6 Dec. 2024
The term lets trans people connect with media on their own terms, and provides a path for outsiders looking to better grasp the trans experience — of which egg-dom might be a critical step.
—Evelyn Bauer, Them, 5 Dec. 2024
Intel has started evaluating a handful of outsiders, including former board member Lip-Bu Tan, for the role of CEO, Reuters reported on Tuesday.
—Arsheeya Bajwa, Reuters, 5 Dec. 2024
These passcodes can ensure outsiders don’t have access to sensitive information.
—Gegham Azatyan, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
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“Outsiders.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outsiders. Accessed 25 Dec. 2024.
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