variants also emigré

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Recent Examples of émigré With the Greeks being the largest Orthodox emigre community in the United States, Elpidophoros presides over one of the largest Orthodox parishes in the country. Brady Knox, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 24 Mar. 2025 Lillian Feldman was born to impecunious Jewish emigres in Cincinnati on July 13, 1927, the twelfth of thirteen children who were encouraged by their mother to draw on the walls. News Desk, Artforum, 17 Oct. 2024 Some emigres have managed to keep their jobs in Israel, working remotely as digital nomads. Aluf Benn, Foreign Affairs, 4 Oct. 2024 With the Greeks being the largest Orthodox emigre community in the United States, Elpidophoros presides over one of the largest Orthodox parishes in the country. Brady Knox, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 24 Mar. 2025 Some emigres have managed to keep their jobs in Israel, working remotely as digital nomads. Aluf Benn, Foreign Affairs, 4 Oct. 2024 The son of Soviet emigres who settled in New Jersey, Gershkovich moved to Russia in 2017 to work for The Moscow Times newspaper before being hired by the Journal in 2022. Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 1 Aug. 2024 The son of Soviet emigres who settled in New Jersey, Mr. Gershkovich was fluent in Russian and moved to the country in 2017 to work for The Moscow Times newspaper before being hired by the Journal in 2022. Kirill Zarubin, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 July 2024 Lincoln settled for a compromise authorizing private financing that still provided impoverished emigres with money to cross the ocean. Harold Holzer, New York Daily News, 4 July 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for émigré
Noun
  • 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
  • The refugee overcame many hardships and started a trading business in 1952.
    Harvard Business Review, Harvard Business Review, 15 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • See how much undocumented immigrants have paid in taxes.
    Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2025
  • That includes millions of immigrants, including those who are undocumented.
    Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • The program granted two-year entry to migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela.
    Elaine Mallon, The Washington Examiner, 17 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Ballal was beaten by Israeli settlers and detained by the Israeli military a few weeks after his film won an Oscar for best documentary feature.
    Shanzeh Ahmad, Chicago Tribune, 12 Apr. 2025
  • Some Israeli settlers have since October 7 called for a return to Gush Katif and for the re-settlement of Gaza, a movement emboldened by Israel’s right-wing politicians who have openly called for the expulsion of Palestinians from Gaza.
    Lauren Izso, CNN Money, 3 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The emigrants killed were traveling by wagon to California at the time.
    Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025
  • 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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“émigré.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/%C3%A9migr%C3%A9. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.

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