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
Most emigrants left from Sicily, where enterprising local authorities have tried to redress the balance by tempting back Italian descendants from abroad.
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Julia Buckley, CNN Money, 14 Mar. 2026
This hasn’t stopped Iranian emigrants from speaking out.
—Justin Klawans, TheWeek, 13 Mar. 2026
In the decades that followed, missionaries, emigrants, soldiers – and even Pony Express riders – made their way across the area.
—Chris Mueller, Des Moines Register, 9 Mar. 2026
The city’s Hadhramis are descendants of the emigrants from Yemen’s Hadhramout region who began settling in Johor in the 1800s.
—Jeff Chu, Travel + Leisure, 7 Feb. 2026
Malinin is the son of two former Olympic skaters, Tatiana Malinina and Roman Skorniakov, Russian emigrants who competed for Uzbekistan but came to Virginia in 1998.
—Sally Jenkins, The Atlantic, 1 Feb. 2026
The hotel was underwritten by the local banana-growing elite as well as by Canarian emigrants who had made their fortunes in the Americas.
—Javier Montes, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2026
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
Julia Buckley, CNN Money, 14 Mar. 2026
This hasn’t stopped Iranian emigrants from speaking out.
—Justin Klawans, TheWeek, 13 Mar. 2026
In the decades that followed, missionaries, emigrants, soldiers – and even Pony Express riders – made their way across the area.
—Chris Mueller, Des Moines Register, 9 Mar. 2026
The city’s Hadhramis are descendants of the emigrants from Yemen’s Hadhramout region who began settling in Johor in the 1800s.
—Jeff Chu, Travel + Leisure, 7 Feb. 2026
Malinin is the son of two former Olympic skaters, Tatiana Malinina and Roman Skorniakov, Russian emigrants who competed for Uzbekistan but came to Virginia in 1998.
—Sally Jenkins, The Atlantic, 1 Feb. 2026
The hotel was underwritten by the local banana-growing elite as well as by Canarian emigrants who had made their fortunes in the Americas.
—Javier Montes, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2026
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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Just consider these arrests first, if only to give victims — many immigrants themselves — consideration, too.—
Joe Battenfeld,
Boston Herald,
19 Mar. 2026
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Investigators said the four people were in a boat that was carrying several undocumented immigrants when it was detected about 21 miles to the east of Miami-Dade County, and was headed west toward shore.—
CBS Miami Team,
CBS News,
19 Mar. 2026
Noun
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At least 30 migrants died in US detention centers last year, the highest number since 2004, a year after the creation of ICE.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
20 Mar. 2026
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Britain's Supreme Court ruled that the policy was unlawful because Rwanda is not a safe third country for migrants sent there.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
19 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Earlier this month, three Palestinians were killed in a violent clash with settlers near Khirbet Abu Falah, east of Ramallah, and in a rare rebuke, the Israeli military strongly condemned the settler violence.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
17 Mar. 2026
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Mohamad Torokman / Reuters The Palestinian Health Ministry said one Palestinian was also killed in an attack by Israeli settlers overnight.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
15 Mar. 2026
Noun
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His parents were working-class refugees from the East.—
Holden Seidlitz,
New Yorker,
20 Mar. 2026
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The award-winning film depicts the crisis among refugees who were stranded on the Belarus-Poland border.—
Marta Balaga,
Variety,
19 Mar. 2026
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“Emigrants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emigrants. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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