emigration
noun
em·i·gra·tion
ˌe-mə-ˈgrā-shən 
plural emigrations
: an act or instance of emigrating : departure from a place of abode, natural home, or country for life or residence elsewhere
… with the advent of steamships, by the 1880s intensive emigration had spread from every corner of the globe.—
B. S. Rabinowitz
B. S. RabinowitzFurther Chinese emigration to Taiwan was to be carefully limited.—Jonathan D. Spence
Jonathan D. SpenceExamples of emigration in a Sentence
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Fullerton resident Roya Saberzadeh tells a frustrating tale of her emigration to the United States from her native Tehran in 1989.
—Judy Bart Kancigor, Oc Register, 26 Feb. 2026
Instead, many of them came to see their new and unexpected troubles as the result of the mass emigration of Eastern European Jews which was just getting under way.
—Nicholas Lemann, New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2026
Even after jail, emigration, and peaceful living, in total isolation, this label has persisted.
—William Jones, USA Today, 20 Feb. 2026
Even so, petroleum was still a lifeline for a nation mired in more than a decade of economic, political and social tumult marked by mass emigration, hyperinflation and a near-ubiquitous sense of despair.
—Mery Mogollón, Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2026
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Judy Bart Kancigor, Oc Register, 26 Feb. 2026
Instead, many of them came to see their new and unexpected troubles as the result of the mass emigration of Eastern European Jews which was just getting under way.
—Nicholas Lemann, New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2026
Even after jail, emigration, and peaceful living, in total isolation, this label has persisted.
—William Jones, USA Today, 20 Feb. 2026
Even so, petroleum was still a lifeline for a nation mired in more than a decade of economic, political and social tumult marked by mass emigration, hyperinflation and a near-ubiquitous sense of despair.
—Mery Mogollón, Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2026
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“Emigration.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/emigration. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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emigration
noun
em·i·gra·tion
ˌem-ə-ˈgrā-shən
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