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outsider

noun as in person who is foreign to something

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The 49-year-old libertarian MP, who has been compared to Argentina's Javier Milei for his plans to radically downsize the state, campaigned as an outsider who shoots from the hip on crime, communism and family values.

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But he said that Furner’s experience, in this case, was a strength, adding that bringing in an outsider risked getting in the way of what Walmart was currently doing well.

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“But rewrite this figure as an outsider or bad boy in a movie made for teenagers and you have an instant recipe for success . . . ‘Twilight’ knows its audience and delivers the goods.

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His appointments to lead the FDA, including Makary and Prasad, were largely outsiders known for their harsh criticism of the agency.

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Such operations are by their very nature dangerous and destabilizing; political orders are deliberately shattered, the haves become have-nots, and constituencies used to holding the reins of power suddenly find themselves as outsiders.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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