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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The characters are near strangers, tossed together by weird and annoying circumstances.
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Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Mar. 2025
Then, while on patrol, the former comes across a stranger named Abby and saves her from an infected horde.
—Radhika Seth, Vogue, 12 Mar. 2025
Kelly Ripa isn't a stranger to her husband Mark Consuelos' old girlfriends.
—Esther Kang, People.com, 11 Mar. 2025
The idea that students will find jobs from quick meetings with strangers is based on a series of shaky assumptions.
—Jessi Streib, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
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Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Mar. 2025
Then, while on patrol, the former comes across a stranger named Abby and saves her from an infected horde.
—Radhika Seth, Vogue, 12 Mar. 2025
Kelly Ripa isn't a stranger to her husband Mark Consuelos' old girlfriends.
—Esther Kang, People.com, 11 Mar. 2025
The idea that students will find jobs from quick meetings with strangers is based on a series of shaky assumptions.
—Jessi Streib, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
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 24 Mar. 2025.
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