nonresident

adjective

non·​res·​i·​dent ˌnän-ˈre-zə-dənt How to pronounce nonresident (audio)
-ˈrez-dənt,
-ˌdent
: not residing in a particular place
nonresident noun

Examples of nonresident in a Sentence

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Muhammad Tahir is a nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council's Eurasia Center and a former executive at Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Apr. 2025 Many states won’t consider a move permanent if memberships are switched to inactive, nonresident, or associate status instead of being resigned or transferred. Bob Carlson, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2025 Ultimately, that can have lasting impacts on their ability to build wealth, said Jun Zhu, a nonresident fellow at the Urban Institute’s Housing Finance Policy Center. Lorie Konish, CNBC, 30 Mar. 2025 Michael Martin, a nonresident fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said the military could slow the delivery of supplies, deny visas to relief workers or direct more aid to areas nominally under its control, shortchanging areas under opposition control. Sui-Lee Wee, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for nonresident

Word History

First Known Use

1540, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of nonresident was in 1540

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“Nonresident.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nonresident. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.

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nonresident

adjective
non·​res·​i·​dent (ˈ)nän-ˈrez-əd-ənt How to pronounce nonresident (audio)
-ˈrez-dənt,
-ˈrez-ə-ˌdent
: not living in a particular place
nonresident noun

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