- comparative of strange.
stranger
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That means we may never know with certainty whether the entire universe is infinite, finite, curved, or connected in some larger and stranger way.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026
My wife also pointed out that we had a deep emotional attachment to the house and did not want to see it sold to a stranger.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026
A baffled Erika felt that her mom had been replaced with a combative and paranoid stranger.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
"It can mean even more coming from a stranger."
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
The idea was strange—but no stranger than the dragon itself.
From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville
I got the sense these strangers were surprised and intrigued to be hearing directly from the appellant-defendant.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Karl talks about the "kindness of strangers", noting how one family in Chile became "almost like a second family".
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 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
We might as well have been total strangers.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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