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also emigrés
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as in immigrants
one that leaves one place to settle in another
the émigrés moved to many different nations
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Recent Examples of émigrés
After two devastating quakes, first responders were fishermen, doctors and emigres returning from abroad — a grassroots campaign filling a government void.
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Helena Carpio,
Washington Post,
30 June 2026
The group waged a guerilla war against the Soviet Union into the 1950s, and UPA emigres played a key role in reviving Ukraine’s nationalist movement during perestroika.
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Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
20 June 2026
The documentary Revolution’s Daughter, which held its world premiere Friday night at the Miami Film Festival, explores the experience of Fernández Revuelta and other emigres who left Cuba behind physically but not emotionally.
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Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
11 Apr. 2026
Helena Carpio,
Washington Post,
30 June 2026
The group waged a guerilla war against the Soviet Union into the 1950s, and UPA emigres played a key role in reviving Ukraine’s nationalist movement during perestroika.
—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
20 June 2026
The documentary Revolution’s Daughter, which held its world premiere Friday night at the Miami Film Festival, explores the experience of Fernández Revuelta and other emigres who left Cuba behind physically but not emotionally.
—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
11 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for émigrés
Noun
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Court bars asylum claims before refugees enter US Alito wrote another decision June 25 for a 6-3 majority that allowed the administration to turn back refugees at the border.
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As millions of Venezuelan refugees moved through Latin America, Tren de Aragua established criminal footholds along migration corridors, extending its reach into Colombia, Peru, Chile, Ecuador and eventually the United States.
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And that traditional core American values include being a welcoming melting pot and nation of immigrants who want to embrace the world.
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But the foundation was laid much earlier — by immigrants, workers, parents, church communities, and family members who understood that freedom only has meaning when it is converted into responsibility.
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Another challenge to Trump policies focused on deportations to countries where migrants had never been, such as South Sudan or Libya.
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This phrase has become a rallying cry for activists who say that undocumented migrants and other foreigners in South Africa have taken away jobs from those who were born there.
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Some became stockmen, learning to ride settlers’ horses and using their deep knowledge of the land to muster cattle on horseback across vast landscapes.
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The history in Kaskaskia is as rich as the soil that attracted settlers in the first place and made it, for a time, Illinois’ most important place.
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The book looked at the world of a swath of Irish women emigrants who were deemed troublemakers, highlighting that for a period of time, Irish women outnumbered Irish men in prison.
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Perhaps as important as Morocco’s investment in nurturing domestic talent has been its improved efforts to scout and court eligible international talent —often the descendants of emigrants who have learned the game in world-class competitive environs elsewhere.
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“émigrés.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/%C3%A9migr%C3%A9s. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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