as in foreign
being, relating to, or characteristic of a country other than one's own
nonnative customs that made the recent immigrants stand out in their new country
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as in stranger
a person who is not native to or known to a community
the problems encountered by a nonnative after moving into a close-knit community
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Adjective
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Jake and Josh both work full-time at Carrick Bros., and the company has eight other seasonal workers, including three from Guatemala who are in Canada through a temporary foreign workers program.—
Peter Baugh,
The Athletic,
23 Jan. 2025 -
The foundation will award $4.1 million to visual arts organizations and institutions scattered across twenty-one US states and including two foreign institutions.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
23 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Doe is strictly instructed by Muna not to answer her phone, while arrangements to meet a stranger on the other side to continue their journey sound shady enough even before the man fails to show up.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
25 Jan. 2025
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Police are searching for a woman who randomly slashed a stranger on the cheek while the two were in a church in Queens, cops said Thursday.—
Roni Jacobson,
New York Daily News,
24 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The party’s unrelenting focus on protecting French identity and its eagerness to change the French Constitution to restrict the rights of foreigners still mark it in France as a far-right party, experts say.—
Jim Tankersley,
New York Times,
23 Jan. 2025
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This included ending birthright citizenship for the children of some foreigners and shutting down the app CBP One, used to allow people to enter legally with eligibility to work.—
Amanda Luberto,
The Arizona Republic,
22 Jan. 2025
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At the time, news reports claimed that evidence of aliens was found at the site, but this claim was never substantiated.—
Ailsa Harvey,
Space.com,
17 Jan. 2025
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Some of top allies are saying aliens might be on the next administration's agenda, days before the returns to the White House. Donald Trump Jr., former Congressman , and Representative William Timmons have all raised the possibility of a federal investigation into in the past week.—
Theo Burman,
Newsweek,
17 Jan. 2025
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“Nonnative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonnative. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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