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also emigré
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as in immigrant
one that leaves one place to settle in another
the émigrés moved to many different nations
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Recent Examples of émigré
David was born one of nine children to a French emigre family that settled in the farming area along the Connecticut-Rhode Island border.
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Jeffrey Steingarten, Vogue, 23 Nov. 2025
An emigre from the former Soviet Union by that same name is the co-founder of a large Canadian bakery chain called Fiera Foods.
—Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
Over the summer, Jewish Federation of Greater Washington CEO Gil Preuss accompanied a group of over 100 such emigres from Paris to Israel.
—Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 7 Oct. 2025
Only two Korean composers before Chin have made an indelible impression on the world stage, and both, as is Chin, became avant-gardist emigres.
—Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2025
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
Jeffrey Steingarten, Vogue, 23 Nov. 2025
An emigre from the former Soviet Union by that same name is the co-founder of a large Canadian bakery chain called Fiera Foods.
—Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
Over the summer, Jewish Federation of Greater Washington CEO Gil Preuss accompanied a group of over 100 such emigres from Paris to Israel.
—Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 7 Oct. 2025
Only two Korean composers before Chin have made an indelible impression on the world stage, and both, as is Chin, became avant-gardist emigres.
—Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2025
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for émigré
Noun
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That includes a suspension of refugee programs and humanitarian parole programs.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
14 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
Noun
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One will be for African immigrants and one for immigrants from Asia.—
Michael Abeyta,
CBS News,
10 Jan. 2026
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The area is home to the largest population of Somali immigrants in the United States.—
Angel Saunders,
PEOPLE,
9 Jan. 2026
Noun
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One of the men, a Venezuelan migrant, was shot in the leg but is expected to be OK, two of the officials told CBS News.—
WCCO Staff,
CBS News,
15 Jan. 2026
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Hundreds more Venezuelan immigrants have been sent to Alligator Alcatraz, where the Miami Herald reported that two-thirds of the more than eighteen hundred migrants detained last July had essentially disappeared from public records.—
Armando Ledezma,
New Yorker,
14 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Changing climate drove Norse settlers out of Greenland 700 years ago.—
Paul Bierman,
Washington Post,
7 Jan. 2026
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Violence against Palestinians in the West Bank has continued to escalate for months as mobs of settler extremists attempt to force the civilians out of their homes, clashing with Israel Defense Forces personnel sent to quell the crowds at times.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
31 Dec. 2025
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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
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Along with cargo, millions of emigrants boarded ships bound for the U.S. and Canada from nearby docks, including the likes of Albert Einstein and abstract expressionist painter Willem de Kooning (who has a 1969 painting in the galleries).—
Blane Bachelor,
AFAR Media,
20 Oct. 2025
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“émigré.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/%C3%A9migr%C3%A9. Accessed 18 Jan. 2026.
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