nonresident

adjective

non·​res·​i·​dent ˌnän-ˈre-zə-dənt How to pronounce nonresident (audio)
-ˈrez-dənt,
-ˌdent
: not residing in a particular place
nonresident noun

Examples of nonresident in a Sentence

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The most notable was when, over objections from the Alaska Department of Game and Fish, 60 million acres of federal lands were closed to nonresident and most nonresident caribou hunters in 2022. Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 31 Jan. 2025 Timothy Massad is a research fellow at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, a nonresident senior fellow at Brookings, an adjunct professor of law at Georgetown Law School, and a consultant on financial regulatory and fintech issues. Steven Ehrlich, Forbes, 31 Jan. 2025 At the same time, the proportion of nonresident undergraduate enrollment declined from 16.5% in 2023 to 15.8% this fall, a reduction of 1,112 students. Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025 Anti-Assad forces may not want to let Putin keep assets in Syria after Moscow's warplanes had bombed them until recently, said Mark N. Katz, nonresident senior fellow with the Atlantic Council's Middle East Programs. Aron Solomon, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for nonresident 

Word History

First Known Use

1540, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of nonresident was in 1540

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“Nonresident.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nonresident. Accessed 6 Feb. 2025.

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nonresident

adjective
non·​res·​i·​dent (ˈ)nän-ˈrez-əd-ənt How to pronounce nonresident (audio)
-ˈrez-dənt,
-ˈrez-ə-ˌdent
: not living in a particular place
nonresident noun

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