as in foreigners
a person who is not native to or known to a community
she seems to enjoy the odd distinction of being the only outsider in such a small community
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Recent Examples of outsiders
The longer underinvestment and drift continue, the more likely outsiders will dictate the terms.
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Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
From the Roman centurion to the woman at the well, Jesus frequently interacted with and helped outsiders from differing tribes.
—John Fugelsang
september 12, Literary Hub, 12 Sep. 2025
From before the Revolution onward, physical punishment or even killing were ways to enforce belonging, to mark the boundary between insiders and outsiders, and to decide who had the right to govern.
—Maurizio Valsania, The Conversation, 12 Sep. 2025
The island is home to the Shompen, an indigenous people numbering between 200 and 400, who shun contact with outsiders and are among the last hunters, gatherers, and cultivators.
—M. Rajshekhar, Time, 11 Sep. 2025
Arizona has its fair share of place names that outsiders, and sometimes even locals, struggle to pronounce.
—Laura Daniella Sepulveda, AZCentral.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Over the long term, too much reliance on outsiders can hollow out the in‑house skill base.
—Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2025
Anyone can create a Teams account and join an audio or video chat for free if the host allows outsiders to attend.
—John Brandon, PC Magazine, 9 Sep. 2025
What started as a protest against outsiders controlling the town turned into a decades-long tradition that still lives on today.
—Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Sep. 2025
Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
From the Roman centurion to the woman at the well, Jesus frequently interacted with and helped outsiders from differing tribes.
—John Fugelsang
september 12, Literary Hub, 12 Sep. 2025
From before the Revolution onward, physical punishment or even killing were ways to enforce belonging, to mark the boundary between insiders and outsiders, and to decide who had the right to govern.
—Maurizio Valsania, The Conversation, 12 Sep. 2025
The island is home to the Shompen, an indigenous people numbering between 200 and 400, who shun contact with outsiders and are among the last hunters, gatherers, and cultivators.
—M. Rajshekhar, Time, 11 Sep. 2025
Arizona has its fair share of place names that outsiders, and sometimes even locals, struggle to pronounce.
—Laura Daniella Sepulveda, AZCentral.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Over the long term, too much reliance on outsiders can hollow out the in‑house skill base.
—Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2025
Anyone can create a Teams account and join an audio or video chat for free if the host allows outsiders to attend.
—John Brandon, PC Magazine, 9 Sep. 2025
What started as a protest against outsiders controlling the town turned into a decades-long tradition that still lives on today.
—Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for outsiders
Noun
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America will not host foreigners who celebrate the death of our fellow citizens.—
Washington Examiner Staff,
The Washington Examiner,
16 Sep. 2025
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Please feel free to bring such comments by foreigners to my attention.—
Dan Gooding,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The drama follows a group of strangers traveling through Iran’s Lut Desert.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Sep. 2025
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This means that parents need to start having conversations with their kids about why interacting with strangers online can be harmful, and why they are not allowed to access platforms (depending on your family’s values), based on those risks.—
Ashleigh N. DeLuca,
Parents,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Outsiders.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outsiders. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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