nonindigenous

Definition of nonindigenousnext

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Recent Examples of nonindigenous Many winemakers in Bolgheri and throughout Tuscany use nonindigenous grapes such as Syrah, Merlot, and Cabernet Sauvignon either alone or in a blend. Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 27 June 2025 Much of Washington Heights is old farmland The area's earliest nonindigenous civilization in the Washington Heights area began in 1835. Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 19 Feb. 2024 The lizard may also have or spread nonindigenous parasites or pathogens to native wildlife. Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2024 Cher learned of Kaavan’s plight in 2016 and hired a legal team to press for his freedom, citing inhumane treatment of a nonindigenous animal. Charles McDermid and Bopha Phorn, Los Angeles Times, 26 Nov. 2020 The nearly two million indigenous peoples in Canada are also poorly served by the country’s health care system, with rates of suicide, infant mortality, and chronic disease that are much higher than those of the nonindigenous population. Nathan Whitlock, The New York Review of Books, 3 Nov. 2020 Apart from the local activity of the Urarina, other indigenous groups and some nonindigenous people, the Pastaza-Marañón peatlands remain in nearly pristine condition. Daniel Grossman, Scientific American, 5 Feb. 2020 Most of Monday’s victims were nonindigenous Papuan people, the police said. Richard C. Paddock, New York Times, 25 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonindigenous
Adjective
  • More than one-third of New Yorkers are foreign-born, according to a 2026 city report.
    Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Roughly one in five Floridians is foreign-born, and immigrants make up close to half the workforce in the industries the state runs on.
    Paula de la Cruz, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
Adjective
  • According to Stéphane Thibault, Monaco’s top prosecutor, the state issued an international arrest warrant and notified Interpol late on Thursday evening.
    Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026
  • The study has been published in the international chemistry journal Chem.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 20 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • And what’s bad for these workers is invariably bad for the multinational companies that rely on their labor.
    Lucy Siers, Footwear News, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Still, Nike appeared committed to the idea that the public just needed more education, more visibility and more lectures from multinational corporations.
    Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 20 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • Hispanic and African American households also collectively drive more than a third (36 percent) of TikTok Shop’s beauty spending — which highlights the importance of diverse products and paying attention to a range of multicultural audiences.
    Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 21 Aug. 2026
  • From the suburbs, les banlieues, players from multicultural communities are developed across the hundreds of local clubs in the area.
    Gregg Evans, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • Architects develop blueprints for order and try to mold the world to their designs, developing universal norms and anchoring security in multilateral institutions.
    Mark Leonard, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
  • The agreement does not abrogate or replace any bilateral or multilateral agreements between these states or with other states and organizations, the official added.
    ABC News, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • In June, India's central bank started offering special incentives on foreign currency bank deposits of non-resident Indians, on overseas foreign currency borrowings, and on external commercial borrowings.
    Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 25 Aug. 2026
  • In a civilizationist understanding, a regional hegemon should assert its dominance over its backyard to provide order and exclude external powers.
    Leonard A. Schuette, Foreign Affairs, 25 Aug. 2026

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“Nonindigenous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonindigenous. Accessed 26 Aug. 2026.

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