1
as in international
being, relating to, or characteristic of a country other than one's own
more Americans should take an interest in foreign languages
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as in external
not being a vital part of or belonging to something
pediatricians often have to remove peas or other foreign bodies from inside the ears of curious toddlers
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as in multinational
relating to or involving two or more nations
foreign trade has always been vital to the region's economic health
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Recent Examples of foreign
Hidden Christians were forced to hide all visible signs of their religion after the 1614 ban on Christianity and the expulsion of foreign missionaries.
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Foster Klug, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2025
Huang received significant monetary gifts from her foreign, non-resident parents in 2015 and 2016.
—Matthew L. Roberts, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025
Attacking journalists and dissidents can prompt foreign governments to impose economic sanctions and discourage international companies from investing.
—Daniel Treisman, The Conversation, 3 June 2025
Visibly, at least, the British government has been unwilling to exert meaningful pressure on the Egyptian authorities, despite the U.K. being Egypt’s third-largest foreign investor and a major supplier of military training and equipment.
—Sam Knight, New Yorker, 23 May 2025
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Foster Klug, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2025
Huang received significant monetary gifts from her foreign, non-resident parents in 2015 and 2016.
—Matthew L. Roberts, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025
Attacking journalists and dissidents can prompt foreign governments to impose economic sanctions and discourage international companies from investing.
—Daniel Treisman, The Conversation, 3 June 2025
Visibly, at least, the British government has been unwilling to exert meaningful pressure on the Egyptian authorities, despite the U.K. being Egypt’s third-largest foreign investor and a major supplier of military training and equipment.
—Sam Knight, New Yorker, 23 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for foreign
Adjective
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The various parties have long envisioned a scenario where domestic and international rights would be shared by at least two different streaming services.—
Meg James,
Los Angeles Times,
14 June 2025
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Internally, Southgate carefully fostered a club mentality at international level, which externally made the England side more relatable and likeable again.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
13 June 2025
Adjective
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The central idea for blended-wing aircraft is that fashioning a plane out of a single, wide, wing-like structure would reduce the area that touches external airflow, thereby reducing drag that holds a plane back.—
Calif.
Senior Correspondent,
Time,
12 June 2025
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What the Fudan team achieved was an implant that worked without the external camera and without a power source.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
12 June 2025
Adjective
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Our heavily armored alien menace starts taking out drug cartel goons and making a mess, and a couple of cops (Danny Glover and Bill Paxton) plus an unhinged DEA agent (Gary Busey) are on the case to investigate.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
7 June 2025
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Through several attempts, the player must investigate alien ruins, study a bit of history, and discover the cause of the time loop before trying to fix things.—
Fran Ruiz,
Space.com,
7 June 2025
Adjective
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This is the myth of convergence, fueling concerns that AI will flatten the field, that strategy becomes irrelevant when everyone has access to the same intelligence.—
Shekar Natarajan,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2025
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But freshness can be irrelevant at the box office for these ventures.—
Michael Phillips,
Chicago Tribune,
11 June 2025
Adjective
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The trauma Miami Dolphins fans experience isn’t accidental.—
Omar Kelly,
Miami Herald,
6 June 2025
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The difference in these teams after this opening act — 80 minutes of often great, mostly white-knuckled hockey — was an accidental flip of the puck out of play for a two-minute penalty near the end of overtime.—
Dave Hyde,
Sun Sentinel,
5 June 2025
Adjective
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Lauren Heller Since Sagittarians are willing to try anything once, the Fire sign resembles Lauren's adventitious persona.—
Lisa Stardust,
People.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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The patchy and adventitious quality of Jameson’s reconstruction must make clear his difference as a thinker.—
Mark Greif,
Harper's Magazine,
26 July 2024
Adjective
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Is your motivation for doing well extrinsic or intrinsic?—
DP Opinion,
Denver Post,
11 June 2025
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It has been observed that extrinsic rewards can override intrinsic motivations over time.—
John Werner,
Forbes.com,
13 May 2025
Adjective
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And, to be clear, there are some people who use protests like the ones against Trump’s immigration raids as a cover and excuse to pursue an extraneous agenda of violence and anarchy.—
Mark Z. Barabak,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2025
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Savvy business owners are generally cognizant of macroeconomic, geopolitical, and other extraneous elements that impact their performance.—
Jeffrey Johnston,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
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“Foreign.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foreign. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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