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Recent Examples of evacuee
With many roads temporarily closed, many evacuees were staging at the former Gelson’s market site across from the Montage Resort.
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Mona Darwish, Oc Register, 7 July 2025
County officials sent out pre-evacuation notices to people living in a five-mile radius an hour later and opened the Chaffee County Public Safety Complex in Buena Vista to evacuees.
—Katie Langford, Denver Post, 10 July 2025
One reunification center at an elementary school was mostly quiet after taking in hundreds of evacuees the day before.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 6 July 2025
One reunification center at an elementary school was mostly quiet Saturday after taking in hundreds of evacuees the day before.
—arkansasonline.com, 6 July 2025
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Mona Darwish, Oc Register, 7 July 2025
County officials sent out pre-evacuation notices to people living in a five-mile radius an hour later and opened the Chaffee County Public Safety Complex in Buena Vista to evacuees.
—Katie Langford, Denver Post, 10 July 2025
One reunification center at an elementary school was mostly quiet after taking in hundreds of evacuees the day before.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 6 July 2025
One reunification center at an elementary school was mostly quiet Saturday after taking in hundreds of evacuees the day before.
—arkansasonline.com, 6 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for evacuee
refugee
Noun
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But using military infrastructure to detain civilians, many of whom came here through legal pathways like asylum, humanitarian parole, and other refugee statuses, erodes the boundary between national defense and domestic enforcement.—
Chris Purdy,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Aug. 2025
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That’s why it’s being featured in her latest tour with the Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra, an ensemble comprising 74 musicians, all Ukrainian, including recent refugees and Ukrainian members of European orchestras.—
Olivia Giovetti,
Vogue,
12 Aug. 2025
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“Evacuee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evacuee. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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