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also emigré
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as in immigrant
one that leaves one place to settle in another
the émigrés moved to many different nations
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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.
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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
By May, however, the Russian security services had begun to visit families of emigres to pressure them to convince their relatives to return to Russia.
—Irina Borogan, Foreign Affairs, 28 Sep. 2022
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
Any attempt to reconstruct a national Ukrainian narrative must take a stand on a trauma of such proportions–especially since all Soviet historians, propagandists, and officials assiduously ignored the famine or dismissed it as an emigre delusion for decades.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 23 Feb. 2024
The son of Soviet emigres who settled in New Jersey, 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.
—CBS News, 13 June 2024
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
By May, however, the Russian security services had begun to visit families of emigres to pressure them to convince their relatives to return to Russia.
—Irina Borogan, Foreign Affairs, 28 Sep. 2022
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
Any attempt to reconstruct a national Ukrainian narrative must take a stand on a trauma of such proportions–especially since all Soviet historians, propagandists, and officials assiduously ignored the famine or dismissed it as an emigre delusion for decades.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 23 Feb. 2024
The son of Soviet emigres who settled in New Jersey, 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.
—CBS News, 13 June 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for émigré
Noun
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Cao herself was flown out of Vietnam in 1975 and came to the States as a 13-year-old refugee.—
Victoria Le,
Oc Register,
3 Apr. 2025
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Layoffs also hit the entire staff at the HHS Administration for Children and Families, a division that provides support for child care, family violence prevention, refugee resettlement and Head Start programs. 5.—
Jade Walker,
CNN Money,
2 Apr. 2025
Noun
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But there are multiple factors that are unique to Spain, including the fact that the majority of Spain's immigrants come from Latin America.—
Ron Estes,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Mar. 2025
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The arrest came as people with ties to American universities, most of whom have shown support for pro-Palestinian causes, have been detained in the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigrants.—
Kristi Miller,
Twin Cities,
29 Mar. 2025
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Other states that received some of the highest interstate migrants were North Carolina (392,010), South Carolina (314,953), Arizona (252,654) and Tennessee (252,180).—
Lee Habeeb,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Apr. 2025
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Karim Daoud, an Egyptian migrant of Flemington, N.J., willingly went to an U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement office to clear up a problem with his work-authorization documents and was ultimately detained in an ICE facility, according to family friend Rachel Mascitelli.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
3 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Four settlers then kick and beat him before running away.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
29 Mar. 2025
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Unfortunately, one of its directors, Hamdan Ballal, reportedly was attacked by a group of the same Israeli settlers shown in the film about the West Bank destruction of homes by Israeli soldiers.—
Marcus Jones,
IndieWire,
28 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The motel, which is owned by his father and his uncle, emigrants from London, is not far from where Naran grew up, in Echo Park.—
Hannah Goldfield,
The New Yorker,
24 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
Cite this Entry
“émigré.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/%C3%A9migr%C3%A9. Accessed 12 Apr. 2025.
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