nonmigrant

Definition of nonmigrantnext

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Adjective
  • Sina Toossi, senior non-resident fellow at the Center for International Policy, a research and advocacy group in Washington, said that both sides had incentives to continue negotiating.
    Saeed Shah, Time, 13 Apr. 2026
  • The Merendón range does not contain a resident population, and the young male was likely moving along the wildlife corridor from eastern Honduras to Guatemala or vice versa in search of females, Castañeda speculated.
    Tom Page, CNN Money, 13 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 19 Apr. 2026.

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