as in immigrant
one that leaves one place to settle in another
we traced our family history back to migrants who came to this country seeking a better life for themselves
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as in migratory
having a way of life that involves moving from one region to another typically on a seasonal basis
migrant laborers picking fruit in an orchard
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Recent Examples of migrant
Adam A. Millsap, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
After an uptick in terrorist attacks two years ago, Pakistan began cracking down on migrants without legal status.
—Betsy Joles, NPR, 7 Mar. 2025
Some of the migrants held in the hotel had held up handmade signs in their windows, asking for help.
—Alma Solís, Chicago Tribune, 7 Mar. 2025
They weren’t built to hold people even overnight, though some migrants have been locked up for weeks at a time.
—Jack Herrera, The New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2025
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Mexico needs to do more to secure its side of the border to protect migrants from exploitation and to prevent drug smuggling.
—Adam A. Millsap, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
After an uptick in terrorist attacks two years ago, Pakistan began cracking down on migrants without legal status.
—Betsy Joles, NPR, 7 Mar. 2025
Some of the migrants held in the hotel had held up handmade signs in their windows, asking for help.
—Alma Solís, Chicago Tribune, 7 Mar. 2025
They weren’t built to hold people even overnight, though some migrants have been locked up for weeks at a time.
—Jack Herrera, The New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for migrant
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The White House is trying to have it every way possible in a high-stakes dispute over its speedy deportation of hundreds of immigrants to El Salvador.—
Philip Elliott,
TIME,
17 Mar. 2025
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That changed when waves of Irish immigrants arrived in the U.S. in the 19th century, settling in cities like New York and Boston.—
Stephanie Gravalese,
Forbes,
17 Mar. 2025
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The home sits deep in the wetlands of the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, which was established in 1933 as a refuge for migratory birds, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS).—
Ashley J. DiMella Fox News,
Fox News,
11 Mar. 2025
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Not unlike the human snowbirds, hundreds of actual birds use Port Aransas and neighboring Mustang Island as a popular resting place in their seasonal migratory patterns through the Central Flyway.—
Mariah Tyler,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Mar. 2025
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Born in a Syrian refugee camp, Khalil has talked about his Palestinian heritage and was a major figure during last spring and summer's protests on the Columbia University campus in New York City.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA TODAY,
11 Mar. 2025
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Catch up quick: In January, a Trump administration executive order froze federal funding for refugee resettlement.—
Andrew King,
Axios,
11 Mar. 2025
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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
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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
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“Migrant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/migrant. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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