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non-native

noun

  1. a person who is not a native of a particular place or country

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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He claimed there was a "growing risk to nature" with each passing year, with large releases of non-native gamebirds making life harder for Wales' rarer species with more competition for food and an increase in predators.

From BBC

Tall pale-green stands of deergrass grow like sentries on either side of the porch, which is laced with non-native pink jasmine, one of the first plants they added before they settled on their palette of native plants.

Recent wildfires in Malibu and the Santa Monica Mountains have made way for non-native plant growth, setting the stage for increasingly frequent blazes.

However, Neta Alexander, assistant professor of film and media at Yale University, says that while the promise of wider distribution is tempting, using AI to reconfigure performances for non-native markets risks eroding the specificity and texture of language, culture, and gesture.

From BBC

Today, largely due to non-native animals, New Zealand has one of the highest extinction rates of native species in the world.

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