nonresidential
adjective
non·res·i·den·tial
ˌnän-ˌre-zə-ˈden(t)-shəl 
-ˌrez-ˈden(t)-
: not residential: such as
b
: not restricted to or occupied by residences
a nonresidential neighborhood
c
: not provided to patients residing in a facility
a nonresidential treatment program
Examples of nonresidential in a Sentence
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Require the state voter registration system to have a feature that flags nonresidential addresses such as a homeless shelter or business.
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Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star, 1 Feb. 2024
In the years before the pandemic, construction spending in New York City on nonresidential projects, including offices, averaged about $21 billion annually, according to the New York Building Congress, a trade group for construction and real estate companies.
—Matthew Haag, New York Times, 28 Dec. 2023
The state Legislature is also weighing two bills that could lead to more savings, including one prohibiting the use of potable water on some decorative grasses, and another that would require nonresidential projects to transition to low-water and local native plants.
—Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2023
There were fewer residential burglaries and larcenies and more nonresidential burglaries in the first half of 2023 than during the same period four years earlier, according to the report.
—Michelle Watson, CNN, 20 July 2023
Hosseini plans to develop the land - which includes a sensitive watershed once targeted for conservation by the state - into approximately 1,300 dwelling units and 650,000 square feet of nonresidential use, including an outdoor village shopping district.
—Michael Scherer, Isaac Arnsdorf and Josh Dawsey, Anchorage Daily News, 29 June 2023
The price for nonresidential customers is the same as that for residents under 65, $24.36 a month, or $73.08 per quarter.
—Kimberly Fornek, Chicago Tribune, 15 Sep. 2023
When activists pressed this year to increase affordable housing in a planned skyscraper elsewhere at the trade center, their campaign argued that too much redevelopment money has gone to lavish, nonresidential buildings while many New Yorkers have been priced out of the area.
—Jennifer Peltz, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2023
Israel Israel is requiring solar panels on new nonresidential buildings, and new residential buildings must be equipped for future solar installations.
—Cameron Pugh, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Sep. 2023
Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star, 1 Feb. 2024
In the years before the pandemic, construction spending in New York City on nonresidential projects, including offices, averaged about $21 billion annually, according to the New York Building Congress, a trade group for construction and real estate companies.
—Matthew Haag, New York Times, 28 Dec. 2023
The state Legislature is also weighing two bills that could lead to more savings, including one prohibiting the use of potable water on some decorative grasses, and another that would require nonresidential projects to transition to low-water and local native plants.
—Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2023
There were fewer residential burglaries and larcenies and more nonresidential burglaries in the first half of 2023 than during the same period four years earlier, according to the report.
—Michelle Watson, CNN, 20 July 2023
Hosseini plans to develop the land - which includes a sensitive watershed once targeted for conservation by the state - into approximately 1,300 dwelling units and 650,000 square feet of nonresidential use, including an outdoor village shopping district.
—Michael Scherer, Isaac Arnsdorf and Josh Dawsey, Anchorage Daily News, 29 June 2023
The price for nonresidential customers is the same as that for residents under 65, $24.36 a month, or $73.08 per quarter.
—Kimberly Fornek, Chicago Tribune, 15 Sep. 2023
When activists pressed this year to increase affordable housing in a planned skyscraper elsewhere at the trade center, their campaign argued that too much redevelopment money has gone to lavish, nonresidential buildings while many New Yorkers have been priced out of the area.
—Jennifer Peltz, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2023
Israel Israel is requiring solar panels on new nonresidential buildings, and new residential buildings must be equipped for future solar installations.
—Cameron Pugh, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Sep. 2023
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“Nonresidential.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nonresidential. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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