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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Others, like Thomas S. Warrick -- a nonresident senior fellow at the Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative and former Department of Homeland Security official -- see some value in Trump's proposal. Shannon K. Kingston, ABC News, 11 Feb. 2025 About the Author Thomas Chatterton Williams Thomas Chatterton Williams is a staff writer at The Atlantic, a visiting professor of humanities at Bard College, and a nonresident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. Thomas Chatterton Williams, The Atlantic, 6 Feb. 2025 Starting this year in Idaho, for example, out-of-staters must have a nonresident big-game hunting license to legally collect antlers, even on private land. Kris Millgate, Outdoor Life, 5 Feb. 2025 Concerns about Ambler road The Ambler Road project would be constructed in an area of Alaska with little to no prior development, causing drastic changes to the region, according to Liliana Diaz, a nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council Global Energy Center. John Towfighi, CNN, 3 Feb. 2025 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 20 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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