noncitizen

noun

Definition of noncitizennext
as in alien

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Recent Examples of noncitizen Yet previous audits have found instances of noncitizen voting to be very rare. — Benjamin Swasey, NPR, 14 Sep. 2026 The Heritage Foundation’s voter fraud database, a nationwide registry of voter fraud convictions, records 100 instances of noncitizen voting since 2000. — Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 3 Sep. 2026 According to interviews and internal emails reviewed by ProPublica, career staffers at the Justice Department warned that transferring voter rolls to HSI to enable it to search for noncitizen voters could violate federal privacy laws. — Peter Elkind, ProPublica, 14 Aug. 2026 The motion falsely appeared to have been submitted by a United States Department of Homeland Security employee and sought dismissal of a removal case involving a noncitizen. — Cbs Miami Team, CBS News, 4 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for noncitizen
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  1. alien
  2. foreigner
  3. refugee
  4. expatriate
Noun
  • Even in the deep ocean, which is filled with alien-like creatures, the whales almost feel like a master alien.
    — Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Business is bad for Ray, in part because Eye-Ra is an alien cyclops, and human-alien collaboration is frowned upon in this world.
    — Guy Lodge, Variety, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of alien
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  • Kpodo, an architect, will exhibit work that addresses modernism, turning the focus away from tropical modernism centered on concrete buildings, which were often built by foreigners in Ghanaian cities.
    — Gameli Hamelo, ARTnews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Officials are warning that attacks could happen with little or no warning at tourist attractions, hotels, transportation hubs, shopping malls and other places visited by foreigners.
    — Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of foreigner
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  • The case centers on the Cuban government shooting down two Brothers to the Rescue flights, a civilian rescue group dedicated to saving refugees fleeing the authoritarian Castro regime — then run by Raul Castro’s older brother Fidel.
    — Liv Caputo Herald, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Trump has vastly expanded ICE to ramp up deportations of immigrants, refugees and asylum-seekers, and the agency was a major part of last year’s law-enforcement surge in the Chicago area known as Operation Midway Blitz.
    — Daniel C. Vock, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of refugee
Noun
  • The Gulf state has no federal personal income tax, and has become an increasingly popular luxe destination for wealthy expatriates.
    — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2026
  • The 80-year-old British expatriate is at his home in upstate New York.
    — Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of expatriate

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“Noncitizen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/noncitizen. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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