nonimmigrant

noun

Definition of nonimmigrantnext
as in resident

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Recent Examples of nonimmigrant Federal authorities said Castaneda Negrete was admitted into the country in July 2001 on a nonimmigrant visa that was valid for no more than a year. — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 5 Mar. 2026 Most of these applicants come from B-1/B-2, F-1 or other valid nonimmigrant statuses. — Raheel Sheikh, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026 The two Chinese nationals are Cham Li, 38, residing in California, and Jing Chen, 45, who is on an F-1 nonimmigrant student visa and resides in Tampa, Florida, the department said. — CBS News, 20 Nov. 2025 Apart from immigrant visas, a variety of nonimmigrant or temporary visas are available. — Mark Schlakman, The Conversation, 7 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for nonimmigrant
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  1. resident
  2. inhabitant
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  • In the port city of Mokha, residents said rockets hit several buildings, including a hospital.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Matthew Unglesbee, a 36-year-old resident of Quincy in southwestern Illinois, was charged with violations related to false information and hoaxes and mailing threatening communications.
    — David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of resident
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  • Rugged island Flores, located in the southeast of the Indonesian archipelago, is one of a handful of islands in the world’s most populous Muslim nation with a Christian majority, with 80% of its two million inhabitants identifying as Roman Catholic.
    — Chas Newkey-Burden, TheWeek, 22 Oct. 2026
  • The Montaukett, the original inhabitants of the Hamptons, were stripped of their land and tribal rights a century ago.
    — Jason Motlagh, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of inhabitant

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