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Recent Examples of Synonyms for defected
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His father lost his position when the Nazis came to power in 1933, and the family emigrated to South Africa.—
David Moin,
Footwear News,
20 Oct. 2025 -
Amid this Iranian diaspora, many of these people emigrated to Los Angeles, with some of them being the same people who had contributed to pre-revolution Iran’s golden age of entertainment.—
Katie Bain,
Billboard,
17 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The album about their end begins with the couple moving to New York for his acting career (Allen and Harbour famously toured their Brooklyn brownstone in a 2023 Architectural Digest video).—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
24 Oct. 2025
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Springsteen became a staple in American rock and has consistently toured for his career with his backing band The E Street band.—
StyleCaster Editors,
StyleCaster,
23 Oct. 2025
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The art will encompass the stories of Black people who journeyed north to escape slavery and the early Westfield settlers who ran safehouses that harbored them during their travels.—
Domenica Bongiovanni,
IndyStar,
2 Oct. 2025
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Gilbert, phone recorder and notebook in hand to document Westheimer’s stories and wisdom, journeyed to meet up with Westheimer every week beginning in 2024.—
Alexa Mikhail,
Flow Space,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Defected.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/defected. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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