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  • adjective Not of or pertaining to imports.

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non- +‎ import

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Examples

  • Fissures appeared as archivists delved into the early debates over nonimport and price controls to find that economic circumstance served as a poor indicator of political outlook.

    Robert Morris Charles Rappleye 2010

  • In its sweep and its spontaneous, local origins, the movement reprised the nonimport movement of the early years of the Revolution.

    Robert Morris Charles Rappleye 2010

  • That led to a compromise: nonimport would begin December 1; if that brought no relief from Britain, nonexport would commence in September 1775.

    Robert Morris Charles Rappleye 2010

  • Fissures appeared as archivists delved into the early debates over nonimport and price controls to find that economic circumstance served as a poor indicator of political outlook.

    Robert Morris Charles Rappleye 2010

  • In its sweep and its spontaneous, local origins, the movement reprised the nonimport movement of the early years of the Revolution.

    Robert Morris Charles Rappleye 2010

  • That led to a compromise: nonimport would begin December 1; if that brought no relief from Britain, nonexport would commence in September 1775.

    Robert Morris Charles Rappleye 2010

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