evacuations

noun

plural of evacuation
as in emigrations

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Recent Examples of evacuations Summit Fire evacuations An evacuation order and evacuation warnings are in effect for the Summit Fire. — Paris Barraza, USA Today, 10 July 2026 The fire has prompted numerous evacuations in the area, including the complete evacuation of the town of Eureka, which has a population of just over 600. — Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 23 June 2026 The findings further said that procedures for the evacuations of cabins due to flooding were not reviewed with camp staff and counselors and that the campers were not instructed on how a flood evacuation would happen — making quick-thinking emergency decisions all the more difficult. — David Chiu, PEOPLE, 20 June 2026 Firefighters ordered evacuations for residents living near Yearling Way and Gray Mare Drive, and evacuation warnings for a large group of other homes in the neighborhood. — Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026 All mandatory evacuations were lifted Sunday, but low-lying areas and residences along the river remain on pre-evacuation orders. — Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 13 Oct. 2025 Up to date evacuations are available on the Perimeter evacuation website. — Jenavieve Hatch, Sacbee.com, 1 Sep. 2025 The first evacuations were ordered Thursday afternoon, and two expansions Friday increased the evacuation zone to 21 square miles. — Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 23 Aug. 2025 In addition to some residential evacuations, which are updated on the Rio Blanco County and Garfield County sheriff's offices, the Lee fire led to the evacuation of nearly 200 inmates from the Rifle Correctional Center. — Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for evacuations
  1. exoduses
  2. flights
  3. withdrawals
  4. diasporas
  5. retirements
  6. departures
Noun
  • Tens of thousands of migrants have left South Africa in recent months in one of the biggest mass exoduses in years.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026
  • The cities get quieter, the exoduses take place, and the publishing output slows to an almost complete halt.
    — Julia Hass, Literary Hub, 25 Nov. 2025
Definition of exoduses
Noun
  • Other airlines that serve the Sacramento airport also offer flights to Oahu, but with stopovers, according to those airline websites and FlightAware.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 28 Oct. 2026
  • According to Alaska Airlines, direct flights from Boise to Santa Rosa, California, will be available on a seasonal basis.
    — Hali Smith, Idaho Statesman, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of flights
Noun
  • Tornado Cash obscures transaction trails by mixing cryptocurrency deposits and withdrawals.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 29 Oct. 2026
  • The goal is to free up enough liquidity to comfortably service the daily or weekly withdrawals without starving your operations.
    — Nathan Mor, Forbes.com, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of withdrawals
Noun
  • Combined with one of the largest diasporas globally, this allows luxury brands to connect with affluent Indian consumers both at home and beyond.
    — Sujata Assomull, Vogue, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Old-time music, in other words, is the music of diasporas, fed into a blender and then worked into a froth.
    — David Alm, Longreads, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of diasporas
Noun
  • Spirit Airlines' ghost planes The problems with young retirements predate Spirit's collapse.
    — Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2026
  • With a pending lockout, expiring player contracts and possible retirements, who knows what the future will hold.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of retirements
Noun
  • Since Sorrells was sworn in, at least 79 assistant district attorneys have resigned, according to a source familiar with the departures.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Oct. 2026
  • The Federal Aviation Administration stepped in and capped the number of departures and arrivals.
    — Shun Graves, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of departures

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