non-native
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Since 2011, he added, the island’s been free of these non-native grazers and native vegetation has rebounded.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026
Maybe it’s good that I’m still needed, though I could see Docs Live being particularly useful for non-native speakers or folks who just aren’t great scribes.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
Apart from non-native speakers, there may be other subgroups of writers whose prose has the focus-grouped sheen of ChatGPT output.
From Slate • Apr. 17, 2026
Like him, I learned English as an adult and speak it with a non-native accent, despite being a US citizen, as all people born in Puerto Rico are.
From BBC • Feb. 10, 2026
It was a chance to be a true explorer—mapping an unknown river and discovering new wildlife species in a land never before seen by any naturalist, or any non-native person for that matter.
From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple
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