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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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Archbishop Paul Gallagher, the Vatican's foreign minister since 2014, said the news of the Pope's ill health was "a bit of a game changer", adding "it's going to make things a bit different".

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

Menju said the new regulations may already be having an impact, with the number of foreign residents rising by about 300,000 over the past year, compared to an uptick of 360,000 the year before.

From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026

A 10-year Treasury yielding more than 5% starts looking awfully attractive to retirees, pension funds, insurers, foreign institutions and anyone else searching for dependable income.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

The United Steelworkers union said that although it recognizes the stresses on Canada’s steel industry, difficult market conditions can’t automatically erase commitments that were central to the approval of a major foreign acquisition.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

On almost all the disputes over domestic and foreign policy in the 1790s Adams and Jefferson had found themselves on different sides.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis


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