Examples of evacuee in a Sentence
One hundred evacuees spent the night at a school during the storm.
the report said the evacuees would be placed in temporary shelters
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Camp Pendleton was the first base in the United States to provide accommodations for Vietnamese evacuees during the U.S. military’s 1975 relocation effort, Operation New Arrivals.
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Jonathan Horwitz, Oc Register, 26 Apr. 2025
Read more from Steve Lopez That same evening, Tony Moya, administrator of Golden Legacy, a sister agency in Sylmar, had just returned to his Sunland home when a colleague texted to ask how many beds were available for evacuees.
—Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2025
Others had evacuated but were back at home safely, sharing resources for evacuees from local mutual aid organizations.
—Elizabeth Price, Vox, 22 Jan. 2025
Local officials have told most evacuees to stay away until hazardous materials and search and rescue teams sifted through the ash and rubble.
—Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2025
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Jonathan Horwitz, Oc Register, 26 Apr. 2025
Read more from Steve Lopez That same evening, Tony Moya, administrator of Golden Legacy, a sister agency in Sylmar, had just returned to his Sunland home when a colleague texted to ask how many beds were available for evacuees.
—Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2025
Others had evacuated but were back at home safely, sharing resources for evacuees from local mutual aid organizations.
—Elizabeth Price, Vox, 22 Jan. 2025
Local officials have told most evacuees to stay away until hazardous materials and search and rescue teams sifted through the ash and rubble.
—Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2025
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“Evacuee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/evacuee. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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evacuee
noun
evac·u·ee
i-ˌvak-yə-ˈwē 
: an evacuated person
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