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outsider

[out-sahy-der] / ˌaʊtˈsaɪ dər /


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What choices Nadia Marcinko had, if any, in the course of her long association with Jeffrey Epstein, it is impossible for an outsider to know.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

As a result, these artists were outsiders within an outsider community, Thurston explained, people who didn’t quite fit into mainstream American culture or traditional Jewish life in America.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

Incoming Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh is a former Fed insider who talks like an outsider and has promised to revamp the institution and make a clean break from his predecessors.

From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026

She presents herself as an outsider coming in to help a company that has fallen behind catch up.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

This officially confirmed their outsider status and made me an enemy of the avant-garde.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris




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