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  • noun Plural form of nonlocal.

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Examples

  • In Shanghai, for instance, Mayor Han Zheng this week said that nonlocals would be permitted to rent subsidized units in certain public-housing projects in the city's outer reaches, whereas in the past eligibility hinged on their employment.

    China Turns Predominantly Urban Jeremy Page 2012

  • Twin Cities area people - or nonlocals who want to stop by - there will be a Going Away Shindig.

    Shiver and say the words of every lie you've heard Kat Howard 2010

  • Twin Cities area people - or nonlocals who want to stop by - there will be a Going Away Shindig.

    Archive 2010-04-01 Kat Howard 2010

  • The definition of local color is that only nonlocals notice it, and we're getting the inhabitants '

    Men.Style.com: Latest Features and Articles 2010

  • The definition of local color is that only nonlocals notice it, and we're getting the inhabitants '

    Men.Style.com: Latest Features and Articles 2010

  • West Coast surfers, a territorial lot, have a plethora of terms for nonlocals: Trevor Cralle's 'Surfin'ary: A Dictionary Of Surfing Terms and Surfspeak' lists put-downs like hondo, inlander, flatlander, valley and casper.

    NYT > Home Page 2010

  • One of the nonlocals to watch out for this week is Coryn Rivera, a 17-year-old from Tustin,

    Columnist: Stephen Miller 2010

  • The definition of local color is that only nonlocals notice it, and we're getting the inhabitants '

    Men.Style.com: Latest Features and Articles 2010

  • One of the nonlocals to watch out for this week is Coryn Rivera, a 17-year-old from Tustin,

    Columnist: Stephen Miller 2010

  • One of the nonlocals to watch out for this week is Coryn Rivera, a 17-year-old from Tustin,

    Columnist: Stephen Miller 2010

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