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 party says the law is necessary to protect Georgia’s Orthodox Christian church from outsiders.
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Reuters, NBC News, 3 Oct. 2024
After all, none of the iconic TV groups mentioned were successful at welcoming outsiders.
—Sam Adeyemi, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
Immigrant culture can be very insular and fearful of outsiders, and there’s a good reason for that.
—Amy Kaufman, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2024
From outsiders who come from other places to steal wood.
—Outside Online, 25 Sep. 2024
Both adopt narratives that present specific outsiders (racial, ethnic, religious, or whatever) as foreign pathogens.
—Justin Casey, Foreign Affairs, 19 Jan. 2023
Reuters, NBC News, 3 Oct. 2024
After all, none of the iconic TV groups mentioned were successful at welcoming outsiders.
—Sam Adeyemi, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
Immigrant culture can be very insular and fearful of outsiders, and there’s a good reason for that.
—Amy Kaufman, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2024
From outsiders who come from other places to steal wood.
—Outside Online, 25 Sep. 2024
Both adopt narratives that present specific outsiders (racial, ethnic, religious, or whatever) as foreign pathogens.
—Justin Casey, Foreign Affairs, 19 Jan. 2023
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“Outsiders.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outsiders. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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