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- noun Plural form of
nongambler .
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Examples
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Adolescents and young adults who gamble are more likely than nongamblers to have substance use disor ...
THE MEDICAL NEWS 2010
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Museum officials estimate that 100,000 nongamblers might be drawn here each year simply on the power of Mr. Gehry's curving brickwork and twisting stainless steel structures.
NYT > Home Page By KIM SEVERSON 2010
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Suicide rates are 20 times higher for pathological gamblers than for nongamblers, and between 6 and 20 percent of adolescents develop gambling problems.
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Pro-gambling proponents talk about making money from gambling but never mention the other side of the ledger-the massive economic and social costs to taxpayers, including nongamblers.
Baptist Standard 2009
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Even though all volunteers were nongamblers, those whose brain showed a greater response in the scanner also reported feeling more desire to continue trying after near misses.
Scientific American 2009
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