noncitizens

Definition of noncitizensnext
plural of noncitizen

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for noncitizens
Noun
  • The move comes after an audit found more than half of the state's commercial trucking licenses issued to foreigners were issued illegally.
    Jesse Zanger, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026
  • López Aliaga, the ultraconservative former mayor of Peru’s capital, Lima, focuses on a hard-line security agenda, proposing to build prisons in the country’s Amazon region, allowing judges to conceal their identities and expelling foreigners who are living illegally in Peru.
    Franklin Briceño, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • But his reputation for hiring Jewish refugees may have influenced Elizabeth’s visit.
    Marcy Thompson, Scientific American, 16 Apr. 2026
  • The agencies called on the international community to step up and sustain funding for lifesaving assistance for ​Rohingya refugees in ​Bangladesh as ⁠well as support for Bangladeshi host communities.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 15 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The city’s gravitational pull operates differently, and more powerfully, for the billions in the Global South than for the few Western expatriates who fled at the first missile alert.
    Bobby Ghosh, Time, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Flights in and out of the Middle East came to a near-complete stop, stranding residents, expatriates, and tourists alike, even as Iran struck the region’s most crowded cities and luxury hotels.
    Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 31 Mar. 2026
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“Noncitizens.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/noncitizens. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.

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