variants
or less commonly nonwhite
1
: not of a white race (see race entry 1 sense 1a)
non-white immigrants
non-white Alaskans
2
: not of the color white
… I was standing at the very top of the ladder and stretching to paint over the last non-white spot on the ceiling …—
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variants
or less commonly nonwhite
plural non-whites also nonwhites
: a person who is not of a white race (see race entry 1 sense 1a)
Examples of non-white in a Sentence
Noun
The program is even less popular among nonwhites.
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Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
In Minnesota, teachers that identify as non-white make up only 5% of teachers; thirty percent of students in our district identify as non-white.
—Pioneer Press Elections Team, Twin Cities, 16 Oct. 2025
One of her most recent donations include a $42 million gift to 10,000 Degrees, a Bay Area nonprofit expanding college access for low-income and largely non-white students.
—Jessica Coacci, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2025
Land use politics are less fraught in places like San Bernardino or San Joaquin County, where there’s still undeveloped land to sprawl over and where poorer, mostly non-white communities lack the resources to oppose development like their wealthy coastal counterparts.
—Stan Oklobdzija, Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2025
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Adjective
Part of the new legislative package is also an effort to combat home appraisal discrimination, which has often put non-white households at a disadvantage.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
In Minnesota, teachers that identify as non-white make up only 5% of teachers; thirty percent of students in our district identify as non-white.
—Pioneer Press Elections Team, Twin Cities, 16 Oct. 2025
One of her most recent donations include a $42 million gift to 10,000 Degrees, a Bay Area nonprofit expanding college access for low-income and largely non-white students.
—Jessica Coacci, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2025
Land use politics are less fraught in places like San Bernardino or San Joaquin County, where there’s still undeveloped land to sprawl over and where poorer, mostly non-white communities lack the resources to oppose development like their wealthy coastal counterparts.
—Stan Oklobdzija, Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2025
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“Non-white.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/non-white. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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