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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The city closed the Peninsula to nonresident traffic, with more street closures starting at 62nd Place.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2026
“This raises more uncertainties” for companies looking to invest in Venezuela, said Ed Chow, a former Chevron executive and nonresident senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
Mark Jamison is a nonresident senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, focusing on how technology affects the economy and on telecommunications and Federal Communications Commission issues.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 9, 2026
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
Of course the owner, who, as a general thing, is a nonresident, leaves his land idle for something to "turn up" to make it profitable.
From Minnesota and Dacotah by C. C. (Christopher Columbus) Andrews
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