nonimmigrants

noun

plural of nonimmigrant
as in residents

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  1. residents
  2. inhabitants
  3. natives
Noun
  • Leading a government delivering services for 70 million people will be a monumentally larger task with problems on a larger scale and facing issues foreign to a leader of a region with 3 million residents.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 19 July 2026
  • Explosions were heard in Iran’s Bandar Abbas and on Qeshm Island, Iranian state-run news agency IRNA reported, citing local residents.
    — Jomana Karadsheh, CNN Money, 19 July 2026
Definition of residents
Noun
  • The former was a concentration area for 200,000 refugees expelled from 247 localities, villages and towns and the area’s original 80,000 inhabitants; and the latter a frontier zone designed to incarcerate them.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 July 2026
  • The tale of John McClane (Bruce Willis) saving the inhabitants of a Los Angeles skyscraper from a ruthless band of thieves has continued to entertain, inspiring multiple sequels, comic books, video games, and countless references in other media.
    — Andrew Walsh, Entertainment Weekly, 15 July 2026
Definition of inhabitants
Noun
  • As rich outsiders move in, natives and locals who can’t afford their Miami are moving out.
    — Linda Robertson, Miami Herald, 16 July 2026
  • For two Kansas natives — whose basketball journeys unexpectedly converged at Washburn and have since taken them across Europe — TBT offers more than a shot at a $2 million prize.
    — Latif Love July 16, Kansas City Star, 16 July 2026
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“Nonimmigrants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonimmigrants. Accessed 22 Jul. 2026.

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