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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China's campaign of keeping tabs on dissidents around the world is motivated by the belief that criticism threatens the country's stability, said Claire Chu, a nonresident fellow at the Atlantic Council's Global China Hub.
From BBC • May 16, 2026
Blair Levin is a nonresident fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and a former chief of staff at the Federal Communications Commission.
From MarketWatch • May 11, 2026
Mr. Lane, a nonresident senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, is the author of “The Day Freedom Died” and “Freedom’s Detective.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
Gen. John G. Ferrari is a senior nonresident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.
From Barron's • Mar. 5, 2026
Accordingly, only so long as the property affected has been brought under control of the Court, will a judgment obtained thereto without personal notice to a nonresident defendant be effective.
From The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation Annotations of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to June 30, 1952 by Corwin, Edward Samuel
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