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nonresidents

noun

plural of nonresident
as in aliens

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Recent Examples of nonresidents Library cards for nonresidents The nonresident library cards offer unlimited borrowing. — Dallas Morning News, 12 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonresidents
  1. aliens
  2. foreigners
  3. outsiders
  4. strangers
Noun
  • Once again, we’re shown Blunt’s character being hijacked by aliens mid-weather report, uttering an alien language of clicks and pops.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 27 May 2026
Definition of aliens
Noun
  • During a press conference last Sunday, authorities said that at least 261 foreigners from 23 countries were among the missing.
    — Kosh Raj Koirala, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Travel to Tibet requires special government permission for all foreigners, especially journalists, even if they are fully accredited to work in China.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of foreigners
Noun
  • Students describe Oberlin as a kind of oasis, a place where high-school misfits can find a community of outsiders.
    — Jesse Dougherty, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Joe Kloc’s portrait of a group of outsiders living on boats in Marin County provides a record of a community many wish would quietly disappear.
    — The New York Review of Books, The New York Review of Books, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of outsiders
Noun
  • Literally, my work is to try to make strangers laugh and to stare at their faces.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026
  • But that kind of growth, without shared purpose, just created a bigger room full of strangers.
    — Jerry Brewer, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of strangers

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“Nonresidents.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonresidents. Accessed 16 Sep. 2026.

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