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
This behavior often occurs when one feline from a multi-cat household returns home after being away—such as a visit to the vet or groomer—and is suddenly treated like a stranger by the cat that stayed behind.
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Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 July 2025
Your company has an unexpected effect on a stranger as the moon and Uranus harmonize.
—Usa Today, USA Today, 11 July 2025
Each opens with the customary intro to the dichotomy of mild-mannered Clark Kent and the amazing stranger from the planet Krypton — Superman.
—Kambole Campbell, Vulture, 10 July 2025
In the rising steam, watching the swirl of dust collect around her drain, funneling downward like sand in an hourglass, Lily stopped to think: There was a man in her house, a stranger!
—Literary Hub, 9 July 2025
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Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 July 2025
Your company has an unexpected effect on a stranger as the moon and Uranus harmonize.
—Usa Today, USA Today, 11 July 2025
Each opens with the customary intro to the dichotomy of mild-mannered Clark Kent and the amazing stranger from the planet Krypton — Superman.
—Kambole Campbell, Vulture, 10 July 2025
In the rising steam, watching the swirl of dust collect around her drain, funneling downward like sand in an hourglass, Lily stopped to think: There was a man in her house, a stranger!
—Literary Hub, 9 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for stranger
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stranger
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Abbey was also racist toward Native peoples and Mexicans and foreigners in the American West, and so would have supported more stringent immigration reforms, which align with Trump’s border policies.—
Joan Meiners,
AZCentral.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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British and American traders disrupted the delicate balance, foreigners ’ muskets and cannons tipping the scales of battle.—
JP Mangalindan,
Time,
1 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Then there’s Rocky, a space alien made of rock that Ryland meets and befriends in space.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
27 July 2025
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Resident Alien follows an alien (Alan Tudyk) who was sent to earth to destroy humanity.—
Daysia Tolentino,
EW.com,
25 July 2025
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“Stranger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stranger. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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