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Recent Examples of foreign-born
In food preparation and serving jobs, another major employer of immigrants, the share of workers who were foreign-born rose from about 22% to more than 25% over the same period.
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2026
Nearly one in five commercial truck drivers nationwide is foreign-born, and Florida’s freight, agriculture and construction sectors rely heavily on that workforce to move goods safely and efficiently.
—Bhupinder Kaur, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Feb. 2026
Around 10% of Ypsilanti's population is foreign-born according to Census data, above the state average of 7%.
—Beki San Martin, Freep.com, 6 Feb. 2026
That’s a smaller share than the statewide average — 28% of Californians overall are foreign-born.
—Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Feb. 2026
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2026
Nearly one in five commercial truck drivers nationwide is foreign-born, and Florida’s freight, agriculture and construction sectors rely heavily on that workforce to move goods safely and efficiently.
—Bhupinder Kaur, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Feb. 2026
Around 10% of Ypsilanti's population is foreign-born according to Census data, above the state average of 7%.
—Beki San Martin, Freep.com, 6 Feb. 2026
That’s a smaller share than the statewide average — 28% of Californians overall are foreign-born.
—Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for foreign-born
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In October, 2024, Yotam Ben-Hillel, an Israeli human-rights lawyer, petitioned Israel’s Supreme Court on behalf of a coalition of international aid groups in an effort to force the Israeli government to address the situation.—
Clayton Dalton,
New Yorker,
15 May 2026
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The 49ers and Jacksonville each have two international games.—
Rob Maaddi,
Chicago Tribune,
15 May 2026
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Many winemakers in Bolgheri and throughout Tuscany use nonindigenous grapes such as Syrah, Merlot, and Cabernet Sauvignon either alone or in a blend.—
Mike DeSimone,
Robb Report,
27 June 2025
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Much of Washington Heights is old farmland The area's earliest nonindigenous civilization in the Washington Heights area began in 1835.—
Drake Bentley,
Journal Sentinel,
19 Feb. 2024
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The buzz around the FIFA World Cup is intensifying, specifically in the multicultural neighborhood of Jackson Heights, Queens.—
Luis Miguel Echegaray,
CBS News,
11 May 2026
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Texas Tribune also reported in 2024 that the University of Texas had laid off 50 employees in an effort to comply with the law, on top of shuttering its multicultural centers and ending a scholarship for undocumented students.—
Mateo Rosiles,
USA Today,
7 May 2026
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But increasingly, the forces accelerating that destruction are not just multinational corporations or ranchers clearing land for cattle.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
13 May 2026
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Eric Haan, director of the Stellantis Poissy plant, poses for a portrait next to cars at the Stellantis multinational car manufacturer’s plant in Poissy, west of Paris, on April 15, 2026.—
Sam Meredith,
CNBC,
13 May 2026
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However, Anthropic claimed Chinese companies continue finding ways to access advanced computing through overseas infrastructure, smuggling operations, and loopholes in current restrictions.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
14 May 2026
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Most of the 25 state permits — nearly 3 out of 4 — issued since 2019 that granted manta ray captures were for overseas aquariums, according to an analysis of public records obtained by the nonprofit Animal Legal Defense Fund.—
Max Chesnes,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 May 2026
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There are approximately 26 million naturalized citizens as of 2024, according to federal data.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
9 May 2026
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About 20 million naturalized Americans now must worry that any mistake in their decades-old immigration paperwork could cost them their citizenship.—
Cassandra Burke Robertson,
The Conversation,
24 Apr. 2026
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In addition to these external influences, Dini emphasized that long-term domestic instability has left Somalia’s coastline vulnerable, weakening local institutions and lowering the risks for pirate networks.—
Nimi Princewill,
CNN Money,
15 May 2026
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Once the two halves are equipped and welded together, vacuum pumps will remove the air to create an environment similar to outer space, providing the structural support necessary to withstand external air pressure.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
15 May 2026
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“Foreign-born.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foreign-born. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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