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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Groups supporting Afghan evacuees criticized the Trump administration’s action.
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Stuart Anderson, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
Secretary Kristi Noem has stripped protections from deportation for Afghans and Cameroonians in the U.S., calling into question the ability of some Afghan evacuees to remain in America.
—Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 11 Apr. 2025
And on Wednesday, President Prabowo Subianto of Indonesia said his country was ready to offer temporary shelter to a first wave of around 1,000 medical evacuees from Gaza and children orphaned by the war there.
—Isabel Kershner, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
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.
—Jonathan Horwitz, Oc Register, 26 Apr. 2025
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Stuart Anderson, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
Secretary Kristi Noem has stripped protections from deportation for Afghans and Cameroonians in the U.S., calling into question the ability of some Afghan evacuees to remain in America.
—Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 11 Apr. 2025
And on Wednesday, President Prabowo Subianto of Indonesia said his country was ready to offer temporary shelter to a first wave of around 1,000 medical evacuees from Gaza and children orphaned by the war there.
—Isabel Kershner, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
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.
—Jonathan Horwitz, Oc Register, 26 Apr. 2025
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“Evacuee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/evacuee. Accessed 29 May. 2025.
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evacuee
noun
evac·u·ee
i-ˌvak-yə-ˈwē 
: an evacuated person
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