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foreign

[fawr-in, for-] / ˈfɔr ɪn, ˈfɒr- /


ADJECTIVE
not belonging to the place or body in which found
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Scott may not have resonated with foreign audiences in the same way but everybody knew his vast importance to Scotland in a golden era.

From BBC • May 17, 2026

Under the scheme, a foreign government contracts with Havana to receive Cuban healthcare professionals in its country in exchange for a hard-currency payment to the dictatorship.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

For Mazin, best known to TV audiences for making “Chernobyl” and co-creating “The Last of Us,” these concepts aren’t especially foreign.

From Salon • May 17, 2026

A surge in arrests of suspected foreign scammers in Sri Lanka has authorities concerned that the island is fast becoming a hub for online crime, following sweeping crackdowns in hotspots Cambodia and Myanmar.

From Barron's • May 17, 2026

Of course, I was six feet off the deck on the head of a human—a perfect stranger and probably foreign.

From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck




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