diaspora

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Recent Examples of diaspora It is especially known in Haiti, across the Haitian diaspora, throughout the Caribbean, and in parts of Africa. Jonel Juste, Miami Herald, 14 Oct. 2025 Mahmood was born in Bombay in 1946 and grew up in Uganda, part of the Indian diaspora that emerged in East Africa during the British colonial period. Eric Lach, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2025 The project Mtmarfga is the result of long conversations with Mulaha and uses her as a representation of what many Sahrawis in the diaspora endure, reflecting on their persistent invisibility in the media and collective imagination. Vogue, 9 Oct. 2025 Tate, an assistant professor of dance at UNC Charlotte, specializes in African diaspora movement, especially hip-hop and jazz dance, and how these forms connect to identity and social change. Liz Rothaus Bertrand, Charlotte Observer, 7 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for diaspora
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Noun
  • An analysis conducted by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, or FRA, also concluded last year that more than half of respondents had either emigrated or considered emigration in the five years prior to the survey.
    Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 7 Oct. 2025
  • This led to a significant wave of emigration, with many Cubans heading to the United States.
    Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 28 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Only the pandemic saw a larger exodus for that period, according to BLS records that go back to 1948.
    Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Behind him, officials key to his brutal rule made a mass exodus, virtually undetected.
    Danny Makki, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Follow evacuation instructions without delay.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Determine family meeting places and make sure to include an out-of-town location in case of evacuation.
    Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 15 Oct. 2025

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