as in migrant
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
Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 19 Sep. 2025
Then there are the high tariffs on construction materials, the crackdown on immigrant construction workers, the high interest rates — SB 79 can’t solve those critical problems.
—The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025
Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025
Yeah, specifically oldest daughter of immigrants.
—Sam Reed, Glamour, 18 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Our immigrant community attends churches with us and community events.
—Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 19 Sep. 2025
Then there are the high tariffs on construction materials, the crackdown on immigrant construction workers, the high interest rates — SB 79 can’t solve those critical problems.
—The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025
Adjective
More immigrants are being locked up alone.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025
Yeah, specifically oldest daughter of immigrants.
—Sam Reed, Glamour, 18 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for immigrant
Noun
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More than 28,000 migrants have arrived in small boats across the Channel so far this year.—
Vitalii Yalahuzian,
USA Today,
14 Sep. 2025
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On Friday, an undocumented migrant in a suburb of Chicago was fatally shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer after resisting arrest.—
Antonia Mortensen,
CNN Money,
13 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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While the government does not publish official figures on expatriate numbers in Kenya, the latest available Central Bank data suggests their growing presence as expatriates wired out a record $671 million to their home countries in 2023, up 24% from the previous year.—
Martin K.N Siele,
semafor.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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The loss of remittances from expatriate workers, a vital part of Afghanistan's economy, is also hurting.—
Monika Evstatieva,
NPR,
29 July 2025
Noun
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An article in The Guardian in May 2025 reported that a record number of emigrants left New Zealand in 2023 and 2024.—
Alex Ledsom,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Americans still hoping to move to Portugal, meanwhile, might be wise to see if their preferred neighborhoods are already too saturated with fellow emigrants or tourists.—
Michael Bartiromo,
The Hill,
14 June 2025
Adjective
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The content drew attention to the country’s inequality by contrasting the lives of the children of the country’s elite – with designer clothing and foreign vacations – with images of Nepali migrant workers returning home in coffins from dangerous jobs abroad.—
Nir Kshetri,
The Conversation,
14 Sep. 2025
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The movie has already broken local opening records abroad for an anime movie with an overall foreign total of $350M per The Numbers, the bulk of that from Japan.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
13 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Moreover, since quaggas were considered to be in competition with other domestic South African animals, quaggas were hunted in excess by both settlers and Afrikaners.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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The settlers, their military escorts and 1,000 head of livestock traveled about 1,200 miles across rugged wilderness for about 5 1/2 months to forts and missions.—
Kurt Snibbe,
Oc Register,
16 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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See where the cast of the fan-favorite film ended up after surviving Herrington High's alien invasion.—
Keith Langston,
Entertainment Weekly,
14 Sep. 2025
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The third season of Apple’s big alien invasion series continues to drop episodes each week.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Everything that happens in each box of the game is based on real situations that refugees have to go through.—
Lisa Deaderick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 Sep. 2025
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Sophie Carson is a general assignment reporter who reports on religion and faith, immigrants and refugees and more.—
Sophie Carson,
jsonline.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Immigrant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/immigrant. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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