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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Recent Examples of stranger
The scams often arrive as random SMS texts or social media messages that pretend to come from a friendly stranger.
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Michael Kan, PCMAG, 13 Feb. 2025
Catholic social teaching, which is founded on the life and words of Jesus Christ and built on a commitment to the poor and the strangers among us, guides this work and animates those individuals who financially support it.
—William McCarthy, Baltimore Sun, 5 Feb. 2025
Khoury notes that people often project their frustrations onto strangers, leading to unnecessary conflicts.
—Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
The teaser, which dropped on Tuesday, sees a musician character called Abel Tesfaye pulled into an odyssey with a stranger who begins to unravel the very core of his existence, according to a synopsis from the producers.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Feb. 2025
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Michael Kan, PCMAG, 13 Feb. 2025
Catholic social teaching, which is founded on the life and words of Jesus Christ and built on a commitment to the poor and the strangers among us, guides this work and animates those individuals who financially support it.
—William McCarthy, Baltimore Sun, 5 Feb. 2025
Khoury notes that people often project their frustrations onto strangers, leading to unnecessary conflicts.
—Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
The teaser, which dropped on Tuesday, sees a musician character called Abel Tesfaye pulled into an odyssey with a stranger who begins to unravel the very core of his existence, according to a synopsis from the producers.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Feb. 2025
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“Stranger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stranger. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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