How to Use outsider in a Sentence
outsider
noun
- She felt like an outsider in her new school.
- She was a rank outsider who managed to win.
- To outsiders, the ritual may seem strange.
- An outsider defeated the champion!
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The scale of this change is hard for outsiders to grasp.
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Robert F. Worth,
The Atlantic,
31 Oct. 2024
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But there was a lot of doubt from others and outsiders.
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Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
3 Apr. 2024
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To an outsider, this might feel like a scene straight out of Lonesome Dove.
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Longreads,
29 Dec. 2022
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He was struck by the outsider voice that runs through all of Riggs’ writing.
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Jennie Rothenberg Gritz,
Smithsonian Magazine,
30 Mar. 2023
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The idea of an outsider coming to a family lends itself to the thriller genre.
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Patrick Frater,
Variety,
20 Jan. 2024
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To get around this hiccup, Cameron hires the school's outsider, Patrick, to seduce Kat.
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Stacey Grant,
Seventeen,
11 May 2023
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The visual aspect of it will be from his point of view, not from an outsider’s point of view.
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Rafa Sales Ross,
Variety,
18 Nov. 2022
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And with the publicity came a bevy of outsider opinions on the group’s work.
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Liam Archacki,
The Christian Science Monitor,
31 July 2023
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The idea that Donald Trump is trying to run as an outsider.
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NBC News,
5 Mar. 2023
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The helmer’s tale of an outsider in search of a home seemed a perfect fit for stop motion, with all its quirky, unique charm.
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Karen Idelson,
Variety,
11 Jan. 2023
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The gaming world can be a chaotic and jarring place for an outsider.
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Hanna Krueger,
BostonGlobe.com,
22 Apr. 2023
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And was there some value to coming at these places as an outsider?
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Peter Schjeldahl,
The New Yorker,
17 Feb. 2023
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Instead, the region saw few boons, and most of the jobs went to outsiders with more technical know-how.
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IEEE Spectrum,
30 Nov. 2023
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Record how the outsider reacts, and remember: this works best if the rest of you manage not to laugh.
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Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
23 Nov. 2022
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Some outsiders were embarrassed by the board's about-face.
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Kelly Meyerhofer,
Journal Sentinel,
1 Apr. 2024
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The town will close Cloudland Road to outsiders for the second year in a row for three weeks, beginning on Sept. 25.
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Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
22 Sep. 2024
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To many outsiders, Myanmar appears to be locked in a bloody stalemate.
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Aakash Hassan,
The Christian Science Monitor,
13 Feb. 2024
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Before the panic about the role of outsiders in the protests, the complaint was that left-wing professors were at the root of student anger.
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Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor,
The New Yorker,
8 May 2024
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Bones and All is more about life as an outsider, DeAngelis says.
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Brenna Ehrlich,
Rolling Stone,
28 Dec. 2022
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The gold in Yanomami rivers has been a problem for as long as outsiders have made their way into the jungle.
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Jon Lee Anderson,
The New Yorker,
1 Apr. 2024
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Getz knew the players and the team better than any outsider would, and would quicken the rebuilding time frame.
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The Editorial Board,
Hartford Courant,
6 Aug. 2024
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Because that guy was unafraid, an outsider, showed well on the debate stage.
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Paul Steinhauser,
Fox News,
4 May 2023
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While the town may seem picture perfect to outsiders, the outlet reports a handful of flaws have plagued it for years.
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Natalia Senanayake,
Peoplemag,
8 Dec. 2023
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All three of the contenders have deep ties to the LAPD even amid growing calls from within the department for an outsider to bring change.
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Libor Jany,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Sep. 2024
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While an outsider can sometimes bring a fresh look at problems, Berman is not convinced in this case.
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Michael R. Blood,
Fortune,
25 Jan. 2024
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Few outsiders may know, for example, that Ohtani comes back to the city every year or so to visit his parents.
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Max Kim,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Oct. 2024
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