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nonlocal

British  
/ nɒnˈləʊkəl /

adjective

  1. not of, affecting, or confined to a limited area or part

    the nonlocal aspect of the psyche

"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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But given this is a Dan Brown novel, there is powerful opposition to this idea, and a strong desire to weaponize nonlocal consciousness, especially within the corridors of a certain intelligence agency in Washington.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2025

"Our work presents a paradigm shift: the topology that has traditionally been thought to exist in a single and local configuration is now nonlocal or shared between spatially separated entities," says Ornelas.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 9, 2024

The lineup looks great, it’s a nice mixture of local and nonlocal.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 26, 2023

So if a theory is Bell nonlocal, it implicitly acknowledges the free will of the experimenters.

From Scientific American ● May 22, 2023

The new seminaries are reported to provide free tuition and living costs for nonlocal students.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 30, 2022

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