NONRESIDENT Synonyms: 36 Similar and Opposite Words

nonresident

noun

Definition of nonresident

as in alien

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Recent Examples of nonresident Library cards for nonresidents The nonresident library cards offer unlimited borrowing. — Dallas Morning News, 12 Jan. 2026 An annual trapping license is $20 for a resident and $130 for a nonresident. — Hannah Pinski, Louisville Courier Journal, 9 Jan. 2026 Whether the vehicle is a resident or nonresident. — Wren Smetana, AZCentral.com, 5 Oct. 2025

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The alien spends much of the runtime going by the alias of John Carpenter (Jesus's profession, same initials), and is ultimately betrayed by someone close to him, Helen's sleazy boyfriend Tom (Hugh Marlowe), fulfilling Judas's role in the story.

— Richard Edwards, Space.com, 2 Oct. 2026
In their nine years together, Leigh had often thought of Beck as a kind of charming insectoid alien in a human suit learning Earth customs.

— Josephine Reisman, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2026

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The effort would target B1 and B2 visas issued between 2016 and 2026 to foreigners who later sought asylum.

— Louis Casiano , Preston Mizell, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2026
In Europe, multiethnic capitals are pilloried by the far right as demographic time bombs, ground zero for invasions of unwanted foreigners.

— Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2026

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