as in foreigner
a person who is not native to or known to a community
the people of the island are quick to make strangers feel at home
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And some children notice it, too, one morning in their woodsy cabin’s breakfast nook, when a stranger whom their dad brought home — some kid named Bobby — roughs his way through the changes of a new song as sunlight softens the air.
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Joshua Rothkopf, Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec. 2024
And there’s Hot Frosty, the story of lonely widow Kathy (played by Mean Girls’ Lacey Chabert) who finds comfort in a handsome (again, initially topless) male stranger, who turns out to be a snowman brought to life.
—Charley Ross, Glamour, 23 Dec. 2024
And Christmas is a time that Americans of all faiths, or none, may devote to sharing the deeper truths about the good things in life and the brotherhood of man: family and friends around the warmth of the dinner table, giving above getting, kindness toward strangers, help for the downtrodden.
—The Editors, National Review, 25 Dec. 2024
According to authorities, the teen was standing in line at a Panda Express restaurant near downtown Vista when a stranger grabbed her buttocks on March 21, 2018.
—Teri Figueroa, The Mercury News, 24 Dec. 2024
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Joshua Rothkopf, Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec. 2024
And there’s Hot Frosty, the story of lonely widow Kathy (played by Mean Girls’ Lacey Chabert) who finds comfort in a handsome (again, initially topless) male stranger, who turns out to be a snowman brought to life.
—Charley Ross, Glamour, 23 Dec. 2024
And Christmas is a time that Americans of all faiths, or none, may devote to sharing the deeper truths about the good things in life and the brotherhood of man: family and friends around the warmth of the dinner table, giving above getting, kindness toward strangers, help for the downtrodden.
—The Editors, National Review, 25 Dec. 2024
According to authorities, the teen was standing in line at a Panda Express restaurant near downtown Vista when a stranger grabbed her buttocks on March 21, 2018.
—Teri Figueroa, The Mercury News, 24 Dec. 2024
See all Example Sentences for stranger
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“Stranger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stranger. Accessed 15 Jan. 2025.
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