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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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
Mr. Winston is a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and author of “Market Corrections Not Government Interventions: A Path to Improve the U.S. Economy.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026
About the author: Ben Cahill is a nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council and a regular contributor to Barron’s.
From Barron's ● May 4, 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 Andrews, C. C. (Christopher Columbus)
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