variants also emigré

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Recent Examples of émigré With the Greeks being the largest Orthodox emigre community in the United States, Elpidophoros presides over one of the largest Orthodox parishes in the country. Brady Knox, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 24 Mar. 2025 Lillian Feldman was born to impecunious Jewish emigres in Cincinnati on July 13, 1927, the twelfth of thirteen children who were encouraged by their mother to draw on the walls. News Desk, Artforum, 17 Oct. 2024 Some emigres have managed to keep their jobs in Israel, working remotely as digital nomads. Aluf Benn, Foreign Affairs, 4 Oct. 2024 With the Greeks being the largest Orthodox emigre community in the United States, Elpidophoros presides over one of the largest Orthodox parishes in the country. Brady Knox, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 24 Mar. 2025 Some emigres have managed to keep their jobs in Israel, working remotely as digital nomads. Aluf Benn, Foreign Affairs, 4 Oct. 2024 The son of Soviet emigres who settled in New Jersey, Gershkovich moved to Russia in 2017 to work for The Moscow Times newspaper before being hired by the Journal in 2022. Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 1 Aug. 2024 The son of Soviet emigres who settled in New Jersey, Mr. Gershkovich was fluent in Russian and moved to the country in 2017 to work for The Moscow Times newspaper before being hired by the Journal in 2022. Kirill Zarubin, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 July 2024 Lincoln settled for a compromise authorizing private financing that still provided impoverished emigres with money to cross the ocean. Harold Holzer, New York Daily News, 4 July 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for émigré
Noun
  • This story has been updated to reflect the shooting incident occurred near the Jenin refugee camp, not within the camp.
    Catherine Nicholls, CNN Money, 22 May 2025
  • Erdogan said a committee had been formed to work out what to do with the prisoners, particularly women and children held at refugee camps such as Al-Hol in northern Syria.
    Andrew Wilks, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2025
Noun
  • Over 100 Florida Highway Patrol officers were also recently sworn in as Special Deputy U.S. Marshalls, authorizing them to arrest undocumented immigrants.
    Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 16 May 2025
  • Despite a 150-year tradition of granting citizenship to everyone born in the United States, Trump said it was never intended for the children of undocumented immigrants or temporary visitors.
    Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 16 May 2025
Noun
  • McIver's prosecution follows last month's arrest of Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan, who is accused of helping a migrant evade arrest by ICE agents.
    Sonam Sheth, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 May 2025
  • The Trump administration is seeking to end an immigration policy cornerstone that since the 1990s has offered protections to child migrants in federal custody, a move that will be challenged by advocates, according to a court filing Thursday.
    Valerie Gonzalez, Chicago Tribune, 22 May 2025
Noun
  • The remarkable resilience of Alaskans - indigenous and settlers alike – resonates will all visitors, and a strong connection to the land and resources is a common thread that binds them.
    Saleem H. Ali, Forbes.com, 18 May 2025
  • The settler spirit, much derided now, represented an awesome ability.
    Andrew Moore, New York Times, 15 May 2025
Noun
  • According to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, there were some 143,000 Ivorian emigrants living in France in 2020.
    Christopher Clark, The Dial, 13 May 2025
  • The tradition came from the legacy of a Dane emigrant named Max Henius, who corralled his friends to buy land and gift it to the crown in order to fete the links between his original and adopted countries.
    Mark Ellwood, AFAR Media, 8 May 2025

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“émigré.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/%C3%A9migr%C3%A9. Accessed 29 May. 2025.

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