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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Same as 20 years ago, when some Katrina evacuees navigated such injustices.
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Suzette Hackney, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
For three days, Qaddoura worked recruiting volunteers to help the relief effort as more evacuees arrived in Houston.
—Marissa Meador, IndyStar, 30 Aug. 2025
The grant will also fund the installation of improved roadway signage throughout the neighborhoods to help emergency vehicles, evacuees and large trucks navigate the roadways and the creation of a reusable banner series to educate residents about wildfire resilience.
—Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 17 Aug. 2025
The same lawmakers who once expressed outrage over the Afghanistan withdrawal are now silent as those evacuees — and many others — are funneled into a militarized detention system.
—Chris Purdy, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Aug. 2025
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Suzette Hackney, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
For three days, Qaddoura worked recruiting volunteers to help the relief effort as more evacuees arrived in Houston.
—Marissa Meador, IndyStar, 30 Aug. 2025
The grant will also fund the installation of improved roadway signage throughout the neighborhoods to help emergency vehicles, evacuees and large trucks navigate the roadways and the creation of a reusable banner series to educate residents about wildfire resilience.
—Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 17 Aug. 2025
The same lawmakers who once expressed outrage over the Afghanistan withdrawal are now silent as those evacuees — and many others — are funneled into a militarized detention system.
—Chris Purdy, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for evacuee
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“Evacuee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/evacuee. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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evacuee
noun
evac·u·ee
i-ˌvak-yə-ˈwē 
: an evacuated person
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