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
Despite the risks, Afghanistan has seen an increase in foreign visitors under Taliban rule.
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Dan Perry, Newsweek, 28 Feb. 2025
To help powerful foreign technology companies make profits.
—Elizabeth Stanton, Fox News, 28 Feb. 2025
Dictators always wind up needing enemies to justify why nothing has improved under their eternal rule, and once the domestic opposition is eliminated, foreign adventures are inevitable.
—Garry Kasparov, The Atlantic, 28 Feb. 2025
Boeing has captured the largest portion of U.S. foreign military sales to India since 2017, according to estimates by Cowen Washington Research Group, a research arm at the investment bank TD Cowen.
—Seema Mody, CNBC, 27 Feb. 2025
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Dan Perry, Newsweek, 28 Feb. 2025
To help powerful foreign technology companies make profits.
—Elizabeth Stanton, Fox News, 28 Feb. 2025
Dictators always wind up needing enemies to justify why nothing has improved under their eternal rule, and once the domestic opposition is eliminated, foreign adventures are inevitable.
—Garry Kasparov, The Atlantic, 28 Feb. 2025
Boeing has captured the largest portion of U.S. foreign military sales to India since 2017, according to estimates by Cowen Washington Research Group, a research arm at the investment bank TD Cowen.
—Seema Mody, CNBC, 27 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for foreign
Adjective
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Since then, the sport has introduced additional policies intended to protect the youngest players from the intense physical and psychological demands of a high-pressure, year-round, international tour.—
Louisa Thomas,
The New Yorker,
9 Mar. 2025
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The English soccer exhibition is the latest boost to Chicago’s standing as an international sports city.—
Robert Channick,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Mar. 2025
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Officials confirmed that no external trauma was seen on either Hackman or Arakawa, and New Mexico authorities promptly launched a criminal investigation into their deaths.—
Tracy Wright,
Fox News,
7 Mar. 2025
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The initial findings from the autopsies found no external trauma on either of the bodies, Mendoza said.—
Alex Sundby,
CBS News,
7 Mar. 2025
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Criminal alien predators should not be free to roam our communities.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
5 Mar. 2025
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Some of these alien visitors could even make their way into the inner solar system.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
5 Mar. 2025
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The rationale is straightforward: like early-stage startups in the dot-com era, some of these assets may eventually prove valuable, whereas many others will likely become irrelevant.—
Christian Catalini,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
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What’s practical for one person may be irrelevant for another.—
Chris Gallagher,
USA TODAY,
6 Mar. 2025
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Cena later handed that watch over to Scott, who entered the fray and started unwinding on Rhodes; wrestling fans on social media are debating whether Scott made actual (and accidental) contact with the bloodied Rhodes, who seemed to genuinely wince after Scott’s punches.—
Daniel Kreps,
Rolling Stone,
2 Mar. 2025
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Mummification is the intentional or accidental preservation of a body after death.—
Taijuan Moorman,
USA TODAY,
1 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
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The cut appears to have been high enough that the stump should still have enough adventitious buds to regrow.—
Jonathan Edwards,
Washington Post,
3 Oct. 2023
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And that is not something extrinsic, imposed by regulation or taxation, but inherent to the way the company conceives of itself, its ownership structure, its governance, its performance metrics, its finances — everything.—
IESE Business School,
Forbes,
25 Feb. 2025
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Those sensors detect the subtle vibrations that are transmitted to the extrinsic laryngeal muscles (in the neck) from other anatomical locations including the velum, oropharynx, tongue, and epiglottis.—
Ben Coxworth,
New Atlas,
21 Feb. 2025
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Porcelain War shows us how the vision of artists is never extraneous, least of all in wartime.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
TIME,
2 Mar. 2025
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And dissection of a batting order can be extraneous.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 Feb. 2025
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“Foreign.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foreign. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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