stranger
noun
a person with whom one has had no personal acquaintance.
strangers
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pluralof stranger.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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For the Tatas, who are no strangers to boardroom battles, a cloud of uncertainty now prevails at multiple levels.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
Maintaining an openness to people — and a willingness to strengthen connections with everyone from distant or estranged family members to friends, acquaintances and strangers — enables you to benefit from more social interaction.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
This means banning profiling-based recommender feeds that lead to children seeing harmful content, as well as on reward-type mechanisms, and unsolicited contact from strangers.
From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026
There, he says, he chatted with strangers who told him they were taking the same precaution following a recent home invasion in Comanche.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
Tuesday, April 18, acting on what was now a stale tip, a cavalry officer decided to follow up on the information about the mysterious strangers who stopped by Mudd’s farm on assassination night.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
