as in citizens
a person who owes allegiance to a government and is protected by it
recommended that foreign nationals living in the region evacuate immediately
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Recent Examples of nationals
Five Italian nationals, including a mother and her daughter, died while scuba diving in the deep underwater cave in the Maldives, according to Italian and Maldivian officials.
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Clark Bentson, ABC News, 18 May 2026
Two American nationals were arrested Sunday in Japan after one of them entered the monkey enclosure at a zoo where a baby macaque named Punch became a global internet sensation earlier this year, police said Monday.
—Frank Andrews, CBS News, 18 May 2026
Hours later, the Indian Embassy in Moscow reported that an Indian worker died in a drone strike in the Moscow region, and three other Indian nationals were hospitalized with injuries.
—Samya Kullab, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2026
No pandemic This week, 20 British nationals on board flew home to the UK, and were bussed to an isolation facility on the Wirral, said Sarah Knapton in The Daily Telegraph.
—The Week Uk, TheWeek, 16 May 2026
In a statement on Friday, May 15, Italy's foreign ministry said there were 20 other Italian nationals who went out to sea that day, but did not take part in the dive and remain unharmed.
—Brian Brant, PEOPLE, 15 May 2026
Forty-nine of them traveled to compete at nationals, which have ranged between the Midwest, Pennsylvania and Virginia.
—Katie Servas, Hartford Courant, 14 May 2026
In February, two former Google engineers and one of their husbands — all Iranian nationals — were indicted for allegedly stealing trade secrets relating to the company’s Tensor processor for Pixel phones.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 14 May 2026
Additionally, nationals from Senegal and the Ivory Coast remain subject to travel bans in any case.
—Adam Crafton, New York Times, 14 May 2026
Clark Bentson, ABC News, 18 May 2026
Two American nationals were arrested Sunday in Japan after one of them entered the monkey enclosure at a zoo where a baby macaque named Punch became a global internet sensation earlier this year, police said Monday.
—Frank Andrews, CBS News, 18 May 2026
Hours later, the Indian Embassy in Moscow reported that an Indian worker died in a drone strike in the Moscow region, and three other Indian nationals were hospitalized with injuries.
—Samya Kullab, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2026
No pandemic This week, 20 British nationals on board flew home to the UK, and were bussed to an isolation facility on the Wirral, said Sarah Knapton in The Daily Telegraph.
—The Week Uk, TheWeek, 16 May 2026
In a statement on Friday, May 15, Italy's foreign ministry said there were 20 other Italian nationals who went out to sea that day, but did not take part in the dive and remain unharmed.
—Brian Brant, PEOPLE, 15 May 2026
Forty-nine of them traveled to compete at nationals, which have ranged between the Midwest, Pennsylvania and Virginia.
—Katie Servas, Hartford Courant, 14 May 2026
In February, two former Google engineers and one of their husbands — all Iranian nationals — were indicted for allegedly stealing trade secrets relating to the company’s Tensor processor for Pixel phones.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 14 May 2026
Additionally, nationals from Senegal and the Ivory Coast remain subject to travel bans in any case.
—Adam Crafton, New York Times, 14 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nationals
citizens
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But the export success has hardly trickled down to ordinary citizens and transformed into buying power that can reverse the ongoing property slump, analysts say.—
Chris Lau,
CNN Money,
18 May 2026
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This is similar to the way returning citizens face civic exclusion after incarceration.—
Shianne LeClaire,
Hartford Courant,
17 May 2026
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“Nationals.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nationals. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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