non-native
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Around 2,000 non-native plants and animals have been brought to Britain from all over the world by people, accidentally or sometimes deliberately.
From BBC • May 30, 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
For example, non-native feral hogs are now major predators of loggerhead sea turtle eggs along the Georgia coast, USA, while coyotes in eastern North America are expanding onto coastal barrier islands, altering those ecosystems.
From Science Daily • Feb. 8, 2026
His bed was a mattress on the floor, the American flag draped over it for a coverlet, which even as a non-native, I thought most disrespectful.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
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