variants also emigré

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Recent Examples of émigré Only two Korean composers before Chin have made an indelible impression on the world stage, and both, as is Chin, became avant-gardist emigres. Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2025 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for émigré
Noun
  • And the Afghan refugees in Pakistan have no real rights to protect them.
    Ruchi Kumar, NPR, 28 June 2025
  • The terms of the peace deal signed on Friday call for both countries to end support for non-state groups, the return of refugees, and the creation of a joint security coordination mechanism aimed at resolving disputes.
    Shannon K. Kingston, ABC News, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • About 24% of Houston’s population are immigrants, according to Census Bureau data.
    Ramon Padilla, USA Today, 21 June 2025
  • Yet my parents, both Indian immigrants, knew few Sikh boys in the United States who had been raised with long hair.
    Manvir Singh, New Yorker, 21 June 2025
Noun
  • The remainder include both lawful residents and unauthorized migrants.
    Sara Chernikoff, USA Today, 28 June 2025
  • The department said their TPS protections would lapse on Sept. 2. Created by Congress in 1990, TPS allows the federal government to offer migrants work permits and a reprieve from deportation if their home countries are engulfed in a crisis, such as a war or an environmental disaster.
    June 27, CBS News, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • Changing forests fueled tick risks During the 18th and 19th centuries, settlers cleared more than half the forested land across the northeastern U.S., cutting down forests for timber and to make way for farms, towns and mining operations.
    Sean Lawrence, The Conversation, 18 June 2025
  • Before European settlers arrived in California and insisted on suppressing fire at every turn, the landscape burned regularly.
    Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2025
Noun
  • Americans still hoping to move to Portugal, meanwhile, might be wise to see if their preferred neighborhoods are already too saturated with fellow emigrants or tourists.
    Michael Bartiromo, The Hill, 14 June 2025
  • Many Albanian emigrants — including from the U.S. — have returned to ride the tourism wave.
    The Dial, The Dial, 12 June 2025

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“émigré.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/%C3%A9migr%C3%A9. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.

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