How to Use diaspora in a Sentence

diaspora

noun
  • The Black diaspora having fun with the clothes and the fashion.
    Alamin Yohannes, EW.com, 15 Dec. 2022
  • The African diaspora didn’t start and end in the South here.
    Mark Kurlyandchik, Detroit Free Press, 11 June 2020
  • The flag was meant to mobilize and unite all of the people of the African diaspora.
    Shantay Robinson, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 July 2022
  • It’s the new urban funk, not just from the black diaspora.
    Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 7 Aug. 2021
  • What did the children of the diaspora know about the mixture of local wild herbs called za’atar?
    Saki Knafo, Smithsonian, 5 May 2017
  • Both broke new ground for female writers in the region and the diaspora.
    Anderson Tepper, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2022
  • Part of this is thanks to the ripple effect of the Filipino diaspora.
    Jasmine Ting, Bon Appétit, 7 Apr. 2021
  • Out of the guilt and confusion of this moment, many in the diaspora are searching for ways to help.
    Prachi Gupta, The Atlantic, 1 May 2021
  • In sheer numbers, this is the largest diaspora in the long history of our species.
    Paul Salopek, National Geographic, 17 July 2019
  • But in some corners of the diaspora, strains are emerging.
    Damien Cave, New York Times, 18 July 2023
  • The stress of dislocation has played out across the diaspora.
    Hannah Beech, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2020
  • Gul learned what Uyghurs in the diaspora were saying and doing.
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 4 May 2021
  • As a Black man born in the diaspora, our ground zero tends to be slavery.
    Jevon Phillips, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2020
  • Britons are by no means the only difficult part of the Bangladeshi diaspora.
    The Economist, 19 Sep. 2019
  • On the island and among its diaspora, news of her death drew mixed reactions.
    Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 27 Oct. 2022
  • To the diaspora, secondhand clothes are much more than an act of goodwill.
    Sydney Clarke, refinery29.com, 22 Apr. 2021
  • Stupak is part of an army of helpers that the Ukrainian diaspora has rallied.
    The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2022
  • What better way to honor our diaspora than beneath the stars?
    Kamren Curiel, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2023
  • My stepfather, who raised me, lost his life and my mother was out in the diaspora.
    Annabelle Timsit, The Atlantic, 25 July 2017
  • For members of the Darpa diaspora, who have been in the trenches longer than most, much work still lies ahead.
    Dana Hull, Bloomberg.com, 30 Oct. 2017
  • African diaspora is strongest, has watched this process at work.
    Washington Post, 28 June 2020
  • Distance and diaspora can create even more powerful bonds, but that was not the case for me.
    Rawiya Kameir, Vogue, 19 Oct. 2018
  • The talent and richness of artists and designers in my diaspora is endless.
    Kelly Corbett, House Beautiful, 5 June 2020
  • Most of his content comes from a hyper-niche awareness that comes with being a part of the wide-scale diaspora.
    Ana Escalante, Glamour, 21 Sep. 2022
  • It is commonly used in the cuisine of West Africa and its diaspora.
    Bon Appétit, 15 Feb. 2022
  • Is there a cookbook that really speaks to how the African diaspora impacted the whole world through food?
    Aliza Abarbanel, Bon Appetit, 8 Feb. 2018
  • Belonging to a diaspora often requires you to find bridges that connect you to that which was left behind.
    Fidel Martinez, Los Angeles Times, 18 Nov. 2021
  • Philanthropists in the diaspora threatened to cut off their aid to Israel.
    David M. Halbfinger, New York Times, 30 Oct. 2017
  • Chin’s death galvanized the Asian diaspora on a scale not seen before or since.
    NBC News, 23 June 2020
  • As a result, pork is a common part of holiday meals throughout the diaspora.
    Kizzy Cox, Essence, 20 Dec. 2022

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