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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
Arkansas Online, 28 Mar. 2025
The 20-year-old from Virginia, son of immigrants from Uzbekistan, is the face of figure skating and the biggest American men’s product in the sport since Brian Boitano.
—Marcus Thompson Ii, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
At a Thursday news conference, Secretary of State Marco Rubio — the son of Cuban immigrants — said his State Department is revoking student visas as part of its response to pro-Palestinian activism on college campuses.
—A Martínez, NPR, 28 Mar. 2025
Founded by German immigrants in the 1880s, Olivenhain takes its name from a combination of two German words — one for olive and one for grove — and its original settlers were farmers.
—Barbara Henry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Mar. 2025
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Noun
Tensions between the two countries rose in January over accepting flights of immigrants deported from the U.S.
Noem sat down Thursday morning with the country's foreign minister and was set to meet with Colombia's leader and police to discuss efforts to fight organized crime.
—Arkansas Online, 28 Mar. 2025
The 20-year-old from Virginia, son of immigrants from Uzbekistan, is the face of figure skating and the biggest American men’s product in the sport since Brian Boitano.
—Marcus Thompson Ii, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
At a Thursday news conference, Secretary of State Marco Rubio — the son of Cuban immigrants — said his State Department is revoking student visas as part of its response to pro-Palestinian activism on college campuses.
—A Martínez, NPR, 28 Mar. 2025
Founded by German immigrants in the 1880s, Olivenhain takes its name from a combination of two German words — one for olive and one for grove — and its original settlers were farmers.
—Barbara Henry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for immigrant
Noun
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Cabello said that of 920 migrants returned via five flights since February, only 16 have ongoing judicial processes in Venezuela.—
Vivian Sequera,
USA TODAY,
22 Mar. 2025
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Also, any migrant caught trying to enter the U.S. illegally was banned from benefiting from the program.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
22 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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After nearly a decade in expatriate limbo, word finally came that the Abdis’ refugee application had been accepted.—
Courtney Crowder,
USA TODAY,
22 Mar. 2025
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This region shares strong diplomatic and trade relations with India, has a large expatriate Indian population with high digital adoption rates and favorable local regulations with growing government initiatives to support tech startups.—
Praneeta Pujari,
Forbes,
3 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The emigrants killed were traveling by wagon to California at the time.—
Barbara A. Perry,
Newsweek,
28 Jan. 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
Adjective
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Once registered, foreign providers are required to issue compliant invoices for sales to Philippine customers.—
Aleksandra Bal,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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Each team has a distinct identity to lean on and can get the other side into foreign tempos.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
The Athletic,
23 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Archaeological finds of sturgeon remains support that early colonial settlers in North America, notably those who established Jamestown in the Chesapeake Bay area in 1607, also prized these fish.—
Logan Kistler,
The Conversation,
20 Mar. 2025
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And far from reining Israel in, Trump has floated relocating Gaza’s population, abolished Biden’s sanctions regime targeting violent Israeli settlers, and sanctioned the International Criminal Court over its prosecution of Israel.—
Yair Rosenberg,
The Atlantic,
18 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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All the while each vignette feels simultaneously familiar and alien, at once classically old-fashioned and brazenly unorthodox.—
Sezin Devi Keohler,
EW.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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The general manager gave investigators the man’s personnel file at the company that included an allegedly fake alien registration card and Social Security number.—
Caleb Lunetta,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Over a decade ago, the Department of Defense warned that climate change would exacerbate natural disasters, refugee crises, and resource conflicts.—
Anjali Chaudhry,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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Bright bursts of color: Born into war, Abdi finds peace in a refugee camp Abdi came to a Kenyan refugee camp in the arms of her mother, a baby born to a country at war.—
Courtney Crowder,
USA TODAY,
22 Mar. 2025
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“Immigrant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/immigrant. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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