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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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Reportedly built in 2019 to welcome Xi for his first-ever state visit to Pyongyang that year, the guest house has hosted foreign leaders like Russian President Vladimir Putin and Belarus' President Alexander Lukashenko.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

Instead, he wants foreign investors to help build a domestic rare-earth industry capable of generating higher-value jobs and technology.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Beijing has long encouraged North Korea to pursue China's own model of Communist leadership: maintaining a one party rule while expanding markets, foreign investment and international trade.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

Cedric Perrin, chief of the foreign affairs and defence committee at the French Senate, said that Macron "was the only one who still believed in the survival of FCAS."

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

Or was it simply the fashion of artists to depict African Americans as foreign and exotic?

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis




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