How to Use non-American in a Sentence

non-American

adjective
  • But more than 70 percent of the films at the festival are actually non-American films.
    Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 July 2023
  • In theory, this means the Academy is more open than it’s ever been to non-American filmmakers.
    Vulture, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Xouples have a short 90-day time window (hence the show’s title) in which they must get married — or their non-American citizen partner will have to exit the country.
    Mckinley Franklin, Variety, 13 Aug. 2023
  • These tablets are getting more popular in non-American markets where one two to companies don’t have a virtual monopoly on the e-reader space.
    Alex Cranz, The Verge, 29 July 2023
  • On Earth, air pushes on your skin from every direction with a consistent pressure of about 14 pounds per square inch, or using ridiculous non-American units, 1 atmosphere.
    Kelly and Zach Weinersmith, Popular Science, 8 Nov. 2023
  • And even chip manufacturing in the United States will depend on working with the most technologically capable companies, many of them non-American.
    Larry Diamond, Jim Ellis, Foreign Affairs, 17 July 2023
  • Being a non-American rapper, 21 rightfully didn’t face professional blowback for his heritage (save for a few idiots on Twitter) and his credibility as a master of menace remains intact.
    Grant Rindner, Variety, 16 Jan. 2024

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