NONNATIONAL Synonyms: 13 Similar and Opposite Words

nonnational

adjective

Definition of nonnational

as in foreign

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Recent Examples of nonnational Robinson’s words ring true with a number of women who paid their dues in the Chicago Golden Gloves (the longest-running and largest nonnational amateur boxing event in America). — Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 12 Apr. 2023

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Adjective

Creating the pipeline Although skilled chip workers are concentrated overseas, bringing over foreign talent on H-1B visas has become a costly and cumbersome process.

— Katie Tarasov, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2026
In Thursday’s ruling, the FCC found that the public interest supports permitting Paramount’s foreign equity ownership to exceed the typical benchmark for such a deal.

— Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of foreign

Adjective

Database lookup triggers Agent C, which calls out to an external API and writes results to cloud storage.

— Nicola Sfondrini, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
This is where the internal discontent bleeds into external conversation, and, thus, dings reputation at a material cost to the business.

— Stacey Zolt Hara, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of external

Adjective

Intocable thus joined a long list of national and international artists who have performed at the world’s second-largest public square, surpassed only by Tiananmen in Beijing.

— Natalia Cano, Billboard, 16 Sep. 2026
The teams are looking for broadcasters, co-production partners as well as international distribution for the series.

— Kevin Giraud, Variety, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of international

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