How to Use non grata in a Sentence
non grata
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For a while there, Japan was a nation non grata in haute horlogerie.
—Paul Croughton, Robb Report, 2022-10-30
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For years, some of the genre’s most extreme examples, whether homegrown or imported, were considered cinema non grata by U.K. censors.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 2021-06-11
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North Macedonia also declared five diplomats personae non grata for breaching diplomatic conventions.
—Bloomberg.com, 2022-03-29
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Two decades ago, China’s leaders were personae non grata in a decidedly anti-communist Saudi Arabia that had thrown its lot in with Washington.
—Tamara Qiblawi, CNN, 2022-12-07
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