as in migrant
one that leaves one place to settle in another
America was founded by immigrants and they have been its lifeblood ever since
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Recent Examples of immigrant
Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
Seven productions in the theater’s current season will be offered with supertitles in languages spoken by immigrant communities in Strasbourg, including Arabic, Hebrew, Turkish and Ukrainian.
—Laura Cappelle, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
Everett Eaton, jsonline.com, 15 Oct. 2025
Working with Circus Extreme, she was struck by how modern circus pushes human limits — much like immigrants pushing against societal constraints.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 15 Oct. 2025
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Noun
Many agricultural producers rely heavily on seasonal and immigrant labor, and stakeholders have warned that a reduction in the availability of such workers could disrupt production and supply chains.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
Seven productions in the theater’s current season will be offered with supertitles in languages spoken by immigrant communities in Strasbourg, including Arabic, Hebrew, Turkish and Ukrainian.
—Laura Cappelle, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
Adjective
Though many Chinese immigrants landed on the West Coast in the early years of the era, others decided to settle across the country.
—Everett Eaton, jsonline.com, 15 Oct. 2025
Working with Circus Extreme, she was struck by how modern circus pushes human limits — much like immigrants pushing against societal constraints.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 15 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for immigrant
Noun
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Arrests among migrants have increased, though most involve minor offenses such as traffic violations or theft.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Oct. 2025
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His goal is to give migrants enough time to either hide or flee if agents are around.—
Marisa Peñaloza,
NPR,
17 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Brooke devised the novel during her tenure as the expatriate wife of a chaplain stationed at a British garrison in Quebec.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
18 Oct. 2025
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What is clear is that Matthiessen’s socializing with left-leaning French and expatriate artists served the deep state’s agenda.—
Maggie Doherty,
New Yorker,
13 Oct. 2025
Noun
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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
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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
Adjective
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Not all of these concerns would have been entirely foreign to the characters in Gatsby.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
18 Oct. 2025
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He was also asked about the claim the foreign objects seen under the microscope.—
Gene Maddaus,
Variety,
18 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Their inhabitants have been forced off their land by a combination of settlers and the Army, which are often indistinguishable from each other.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
16 Oct. 2025
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Big Bone Lick's annual Salt Festival See demonstrations of early settler ways of life, salt making, archery, spear and tomahawk throwing.—
Caroline Ritzie,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
15 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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With its iconic captains, philosophical dilemmas and unforgettable alien encounters, the Trek universe is rich with lore, logic, and a whole lot of technobabble.—
Kenna Hughes-Castleberry,
Space.com,
19 Oct. 2025
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By 1978, Jan began questioning the truth behind the alien story.—
Alex Gurley,
PEOPLE,
18 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Trabajadores Unidos Workers United was given an additional $541,375 to prepare immigrant and refugee communities with training and mutual aid.—
Chase Hunter,
Mercury News,
17 Oct. 2025
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Almost none of the refugees had been permitted to read or write on the plantation, and thus the precise nuance of their feelings is lost to time.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Immigrant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/immigrant. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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