nonresident
Americanadjective
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not resident in a particular place.
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not residing where official duties require a person to reside.
noun
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a person who is not residing in the place implied or specified
the hotel restaurant is open to nonresidents
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a British person employed abroad on a contract for a minimum of one year, who is exempt from UK income tax provided that he does not spend more than 90 days in the UK during that tax year
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“They have been able to withstand the bombing campaign,” said Nicole Grajewski, a nonresident scholar in the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
“Low-income people actually do pay significantly less in taxes than higher-income people do,” said Howard Gleckman, a nonresident fellow at the Tax Policy Center.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 12, 2026
Gen. John G. Ferrari is a senior nonresident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.
From Barron's • Mar. 5, 2026
About the author: Ben Cahill is a nonresident senior associate in the Energy Security and Climate Change Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
From Barron's • Mar. 5, 2026
Frequently there were drills at College Hall when it was crowded with nonresident students, there for classes.
From The Story of Wellesley by Converse, Florence
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