noncitizens

noun

plural of noncitizen
as in foreigners

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  1. foreigners
  2. aliens
  3. refugees
  4. expatriates
Noun
  • There are 16 people in Krakow hospitals, including five foreigners; 13 were brought in as the most serious emergency cases, according to Kierwinski.
    — Somayeh Malekian, ABC News, 7 Nov. 2026
  • Political candidates, media figures and even our own government have helped promote the idea Indian Americans are foreigners who threaten this country.
    — Raja Krishnamoorthi, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of foreigners
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  • 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
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  • Cárdenas, a civil engineer by training, was the son of President Lázaro Cárdenas, who nationalized the oil industry in 1938 and opened Mexico to refugees from the Spanish Civil War.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Oct. 2026
  • He was martyred by the Nazis for aiding Jewish refugees during World War II.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of refugees
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  • But unlike most Israeli expatriates, his return voyage was a 10,000-mile, 30-plus-hour odyssey from a remote sheep station in the Australian outback to his village in the Galilee, in northern Israel.
    — Dina Kraft, Christian Science Monitor, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Thousands of Serb expatriates in the United States, Australia and New Zealand face the same problem.
    — Branimir Pipal, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of expatriates
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“Noncitizens.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/noncitizens. Accessed 12 Nov. 2026.

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