nonmigrant

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Adjective
  • Ernest Graham, then 35, was sent to investigate the problem, and later became resident manager of the plantation.
    Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 5 Apr. 2026
  • In this view, only the children of citizens and permanent resident immigrants become citizens by birth.
    David Cole, The New York Review of Books, 4 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • Though native to East Africa and nonmigratory, the snail has made its way around the world, including to other parts of Africa, Hawaii, the Pacific islands, the Caribbean, Brazil and much of subtropical Asia.
    Kelsey Ables, Washington Post, 21 June 2023
  • So, there's a chance that the commercial populations were simply originally source from a nonmigratory population.
    John Timmer, Ars Technica, 25 June 2019
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“Nonmigrant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonmigrant. Accessed 10 Apr. 2026.

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