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one that leaves one place to settle in another
America was founded by immigrants and they have been its lifeblood ever since
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Recent Examples of immigrant
Dan Strumpf and Akayla Gardner, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2025
His parents were Italian immigrants who fled Benito Mussolini’s fascist regime, and his grandmother Rosa Margherita Vassallo di Bergoglio was active in Catholic Action, formed by Italian bishops who wanted to maintain their independence from Mussolini’s authoritarian rule.
—Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 21 Apr. 2025
Jorge Mario Bergoglio was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and was the son of Italian immigrants.
—Npr Staff, NPR, 21 Apr. 2025
See how much undocumented immigrants have paid in taxes.
—Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2025
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Noun
Interest in the family runs high in India, given that Usha Vance is a daughter of Indian immigrants from the southern state of Andhra Pradesh.
—Dan Strumpf and Akayla Gardner, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2025
His parents were Italian immigrants who fled Benito Mussolini’s fascist regime, and his grandmother Rosa Margherita Vassallo di Bergoglio was active in Catholic Action, formed by Italian bishops who wanted to maintain their independence from Mussolini’s authoritarian rule.
—Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 21 Apr. 2025
Jorge Mario Bergoglio was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and was the son of Italian immigrants.
—Npr Staff, NPR, 21 Apr. 2025
See how much undocumented immigrants have paid in taxes.
—Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for immigrant
Noun
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Last week, top officials at the IRS, including its acting head, reportedly quit after the agency agreed to hand over migrants’ data to federal agents.—
Hayden Field,
CNBC,
15 Apr. 2025
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This is quite different from saying the government doesn’t have the right to deport unauthorized migrants.—
Niall Stanage,
The Hill,
17 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Wiley, especially, emphasized the expatriate community her shop serves with its array of European chocolates, cheeses and candies and other foods.—
Jonathan Shorman,
Kansas City Star,
11 Apr. 2025
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Cities with a strong expatriate community or business hubs often offer high rental yields.—
Stephen Akintayo,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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In the massacre, settlers of the LDS Church involved in a territorial militia killed 120 American western emigrants.—
Taijuan Moorman,
USA TODAY,
28 Jan. 2025
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The emigrants killed were traveling by wagon to California at the time.—
Barbara A. Perry,
Newsweek,
28 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Though Trump has deployed Vance on multiple foreign tours through their first 100 days in office, where the vice president has served as a messaging cudgel touting Trump’s isolationist foreign policy, the president himself is yet to take a trip overseas.—
Christian Datoc,
The Washington Examiner,
17 Apr. 2025
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China, Canada, and Mexico – which together supply nearly half of the foreign goods consumed in the U.S. – continued to lead the import surge.—
Dian Zhang,
USA Today,
17 Apr. 2025
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My life is still at the mercy of the settlers and the occupation.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
25 Apr. 2025
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The district and town are named for the Massapequa Tribe that lived on Long Island before European settlers arrived in the 1600s.—
Elizabeth Crisp,
The Hill,
21 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Some plots involved the unruly but harmless Darling family, depicted as hillbillies who seemed alien to even the small-town residents of Mayberry.—
Alice George,
Smithsonian Magazine,
23 Apr. 2025
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Search for extraterrestrials: Could alien life thrive on K2-18b?—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Among them are World Relief Texas, a Christian humanitarian organization focused on aiding refugees and other immigrants; Catholic Charities Fort Worth; and the Junior League of Fort Worth’s MINTS program, which stands for Mentoring, Inspiring, Nurturing, Tutoring and Supporting.—
Lina Ruiz,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
17 Apr. 2025
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In 1989, a racially motivated school shooting at Cleveland Elementary killed four Cambodian children and one of Vietnamese descent, all children of refugees.—
Jia H. Jung,
Mercury News,
15 Apr. 2025
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“Immigrant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/immigrant. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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