foreign-born

adjective

for·​eign-born ˌfȯr-ən-ˈbȯrn How to pronounce foreign-born (audio)
ˌfär-
: foreign by birth

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The announcement, made in a city where three-fourths of residents are foreign-born, was greeted with thunderous applause as Trump said his next administration was going to root out undocumented criminals. Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 1 Aug. 2025 One in four direct care workers in the U.S. is foreign-born. Sean C. Domnick, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 July 2025 Almost 100,000 of the 970,000 people living in Marion County are foreign-born. Noe Padilla, IndyStar, 2 July 2025 About 34% of housekeepers and 24% of cooks are foreign-born, according to 2023 data from the U.S. Census Bureau and Tourism Economics. Doyinsola Oladipo, USA Today, 21 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for foreign-born

Word History

First Known Use

1692, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of foreign-born was in 1692

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“Foreign-born.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foreign-born. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.

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