noncitizens

noun

plural of noncitizen
as in foreigners

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  1. foreigners
  2. aliens
  3. refugees
  4. expatriates
Noun
  • Humble origins for the hotel site The W South Beach was a Holiday Inn before Miami Beach resumed its efforts to win back high-end tourists and well-heeled foreigners.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 9 July 2026
  • There was the viral pleasure and even pride in seeing foreigners encounter Buc-ee’s with reverential appreciation or giddily experience industrial quantities of Mountain Dew Baja Blast at Taco Bell.
    — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026
Definition of foreigners
Noun
  • Once again, we’re shown Blunt’s character being hijacked by aliens mid-weather report, uttering an alien language of clicks and pops.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 27 May 2026
Definition of aliens
Noun
  • Many refugees continue to make perilous sea journeys on rickety boats to flee the violence.
    — Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 16 July 2026
  • More than 5,400 Rohingya refugees have fled by boat so far this year, with 540 reported missing or dead.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 July 2026
Definition of refugees
Noun
  • It’s loosely based on an actual Chilean colony where German expatriates tortured prisoners at the behest of General Pinochet.
    — Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 1 July 2026
  • The Gulf states are home to several million Indian and Pakistani expatriates, and the region supplies much of the oil and gas on which both nations depend.
    — Michael Kugelman, Time, 26 June 2026
Definition of expatriates
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“Noncitizens.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/noncitizens. Accessed 19 Jul. 2026.

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