NONIMMIGRANTS Synonyms: 15 Similar and Opposite Words

nonimmigrants

noun

plural of nonimmigrant

as in residents

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Noun

Lineage has been a pariah in the community, with residents and Los Angeles officials speaking out after the company missed the city’s 45-day deadline to remove the waste.

— Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026
The board’s original August notice alleged that visitors parked along private streets and could impede residents or emergency vehicles.

— Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of residents

Noun

Its inhabitants won their freedom from Spain by royal decree in 1691.

— Condé Nast Traveler, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Sep. 2026
The film offers a portrait of a remote Salvadoran village whose inhabitants carry the memory of a massacre during the country’s civil war.

— Leo Barraclough, Variety, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of inhabitants

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The New Jersey natives performed on Thanksgiving in 2022 in Dallas when the Cowboys defeated the New York Giants.

— Lars Brandle, Billboard, 11 Sep. 2026
Some longtime residents are Milwaukee natives, but many migrated from the South or nearby Midwestern states and made this city their home.

— April Quevedo, jsonline.com, 9 Sep. 2026

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