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foreign-born

[fawr-in-bawrn, for-]

adjective

  1. born in a country other than that in which one resides.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of foreign-born1

An Americanism dating back to 1855–60
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Example Sentences

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They cast their opponents as dangerous foreign-born criminals and their feckless enablers in the Democratic Party and mainstream media.

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In neighborhoods with large populations of foreign-born people across the region, every commute, trip to the grocery store or school drop-off has come to represent another potential final moment in lives built in this country.

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Los Angeles, where over one-third of the population is foreign-born, has been a big target.

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In less than 30 years, the number of foreign-born inhabitants in Spain has jumped almost nine fold from 1.6% to 14% of the population.

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Trump ominously asked for more information about Harvard's foreign-born student body, mischaracterizing his admin's attempted blanket ban on enrollment as a request for more data.

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