as in immigrants
one that leaves one place to settle in another
a city with emigrants from many lands
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Recent Examples of emigrants
The hotel was underwritten by the local banana-growing elite as well as by Canarian emigrants who had made their fortunes in the Americas.
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Javier Montes, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2026
But while many Israeli emigrants have embarked on new lives in Cyprus, Canada and Thailand, according to DellaPergola’s analysis, few are prepared to speak publicly, citing a mistrust of the media and fear of anti-Israel sentiment.
—Lianne Kolirin, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2025
An article in The Guardian in May 2025 reported that a record number of emigrants left New Zealand in 2023 and 2024.
—Alex Ledsom, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Javier Montes, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2026
But while many Israeli emigrants have embarked on new lives in Cyprus, Canada and Thailand, according to DellaPergola’s analysis, few are prepared to speak publicly, citing a mistrust of the media and fear of anti-Israel sentiment.
—Lianne Kolirin, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2025
An article in The Guardian in May 2025 reported that a record number of emigrants left New Zealand in 2023 and 2024.
—Alex Ledsom, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for emigrants
Noun
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The detention of at least five men in and around Minneapolis has sparked an outcry among Native American groups about Indigenous people being racially profiled as undocumented immigrants by federal immigration agents.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
16 Jan. 2026
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At a previous hearing, Frimpong heard that immigrants were detained for extended periods at B-18 in conditions that prevented private communication with attorneys.—
City News Service,
Daily News,
16 Jan. 2026
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The two undocumented migrants were identified as Tiago Alexandre Sousa-Martins, a Portuguese man who was driving the van, and Salvadoran national Solomon Antonio Serrano-Esquivel, the man authorities now say was in an ICE vehicle.—
Karina Tsui,
CNN Money,
13 Jan. 2026
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One fourth of Venezuelan migrants globally lack legal immigration status, Paez said.—
Kate Linthicum,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Jan. 2026
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The Fort Lauderdale Community Redevelopment Agency says Sistrunk’s earliest settlers migrated from Georgia, South Carolina and the Bahamas in the late 1800s.—
Lois K. Solomon,
Sun Sentinel,
13 Jan. 2026
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In New England, Metacom’s, or King Philip’s, War – waged between Indigenous groups and English settlers – destroyed scores of communities in one of the most destructive conflicts, measured on a per capita basis, in American history.—
Peter C. Mancall,
The Conversation,
9 Jan. 2026
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The country currently shelters nearly 2 million refugees, the most in Africa.—
Nimi Princewill,
CNN Money,
14 Jan. 2026
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The Arabs deliberately placed the Arab refugees and their descendants in refugee camps as pawns in the propaganda war against Israel.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
14 Jan. 2026
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“Emigrants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emigrants. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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