noncitizen

noun

Definition of noncitizennext
as in alien

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Recent Examples of noncitizen She was mistakenly processed as a noncitizen after entering the United States during an emergency without access to documentation, her lawyers said. — Adam Thompson, CBS News, 16 June 2026 The data provided to the University of Washington Center for Human Rights includes I-213 records, which are the documents created when immigration officers arrest a noncitizen. — Laura Romero, ABC News, 12 June 2026 The 64-day local mass deportation campaign resulted in roughly 3,800 arrests of noncitizens and nearly 2,500 deportations — most of them with no criminal record. — Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 10 June 2026 These sections allow the President to impose ‘restrictions,’ ‘rules,’ ‘regulations,’ ‘orders,’ ‘limitations,’ and ‘exceptions’ to the entry of noncitizens to the United States. — Stuart Anderson, Forbes.com, 8 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for noncitizen
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  1. alien
  2. foreigner
  3. refugee
  4. expatriate
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  • Hal throws the alien to other side of the room, before activating his ring to create a protective bubble as the alien human ignites.
    — Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 24 July 2026
  • The company looked at dozens of different concepts, says Lebel, including using a unicorn, an alien visiting earth and a family of Statues of Liberty.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 20 July 2026
Definition of alien
Noun
  • Hypocrites, humbugs, Germans, Jews, Yankees, foreigners, Park Laners, cosmopolitan riffraff.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 July 2026
  • The push to bring more foreigners to the city comes after Dubai hit a record-breaking number of visitors last year (and in 2023 and 2024).
    — Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
Definition of foreigner
Noun
  • Both programs run through Asian Refugees United (ARU), a Harrisburg nonprofit that also teaches cultural classes to refugee children.
    — Maansi Srivastava, NPR, 21 July 2026
  • Dinu’s reflections are intercut with stories from their past, memories of Varsha’s therapeutic work, and stories of the migrants and post-partition refugees who lived and worked at Tavoy.
    — Robert Rubsam, The Atlantic, 20 July 2026
Definition of refugee
Noun
  • The club’s members, including an industrialist and his expatriate niece, the president and his pampered wife, and a slew of Chinese tourists, engage in a complex dance with the doting and subservient staff.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 15 July 2026
  • In Spain, 10 people were still unaccounted for Monday from a fire that ripped through a remote southern expatriate community last week, killing 13 people in one of the country's deadliest blazes.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 July 2026
Definition of expatriate

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