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or less commonly nonwhite
1
: not of a white race (see race entry 1 sense 1a)
non-white immigrants
non-white Alaskans
2
: not of the color white
… I was standing at the very top of the ladder and stretching to paint over the last non-white spot on the ceiling …—
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variants
or less commonly nonwhite
plural non-whites also nonwhites
: a person who is not of a white race (see race entry 1 sense 1a)
Examples of non-white in a Sentence
Noun
The program is even less popular among nonwhites.
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Ivana Saric, Axios, 27 Dec. 2024
Below, nine experts from Forbes Business Development Council each provide their top strategies to help business leaders resonate with Hispanic, Black and other non-white digital media platforms of influence—and their audience.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Kyle Paoletta, Harpers Magazine, 29 Mar. 2023
But the lead acts — Bad Bunny, Blackpink, and Frank Ocean — also make history as the first group of 100% non-white Coachella headliners.
—Oscar Hartzog, Rolling Stone, 28 Mar. 2023
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Adjective
Largely white, working-class voters spurred Trump's political rise nearly a decade ago, while the current clash revolves around the admittance of primarily non-white, highly skilled workers into the U.S.
—Ivana Saric, Axios, 27 Dec. 2024
Below, nine experts from Forbes Business Development Council each provide their top strategies to help business leaders resonate with Hispanic, Black and other non-white digital media platforms of influence—and their audience.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Noun
Share [Findings] Drivers of fancy cars yield to pedestrians less often than drivers of humble cars, and still less if the pedestrians are non-white men.
—Kyle Paoletta, Harpers Magazine, 29 Mar. 2023
But the lead acts — Bad Bunny, Blackpink, and Frank Ocean — also make history as the first group of 100% non-white Coachella headliners.
—Oscar Hartzog, Rolling Stone, 28 Mar. 2023
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“Non-white.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/non-white. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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