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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
Dan Strumpf and Akayla Gardner, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2025
His parents were Italian immigrants who fled Benito Mussolini’s fascist regime, and his grandmother Rosa Margherita Vassallo di Bergoglio was active in Catholic Action, formed by Italian bishops who wanted to maintain their independence from Mussolini’s authoritarian rule.
—Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 21 Apr. 2025
Jorge Mario Bergoglio was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and was the son of Italian immigrants.
—Npr Staff, NPR, 21 Apr. 2025
See how much undocumented immigrants have paid in taxes.
—Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2025
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Noun
Interest in the family runs high in India, given that Usha Vance is a daughter of Indian immigrants from the southern state of Andhra Pradesh.
—Dan Strumpf and Akayla Gardner, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2025
His parents were Italian immigrants who fled Benito Mussolini’s fascist regime, and his grandmother Rosa Margherita Vassallo di Bergoglio was active in Catholic Action, formed by Italian bishops who wanted to maintain their independence from Mussolini’s authoritarian rule.
—Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 21 Apr. 2025
Jorge Mario Bergoglio was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and was the son of Italian immigrants.
—Npr Staff, NPR, 21 Apr. 2025
See how much undocumented immigrants have paid in taxes.
—Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for immigrant
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Despite border crossings being down, Trump invoked the 1798 wartime Alien Enemies Act to deport hundreds of Venezuelan migrants his administration alleged to be gang members, affording them little to no due process.—
Alexandra Hutzler,
ABC News,
29 Apr. 2025
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For instance, 17 people were charged in 2024 for taking part in protests or demonstrations in support of irregular migrants, without apparently having any direct contact with them.—
Frey Lindsay,
Forbes.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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Wiley, especially, emphasized the expatriate community her shop serves with its array of European chocolates, cheeses and candies and other foods.—
Jonathan Shorman,
Kansas City Star,
11 Apr. 2025
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Cities with a strong expatriate community or business hubs often offer high rental yields.—
Stephen Akintayo,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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Read: Hong Kong is self-destructing Since 2019, more than 5,000 emigrants have moved to the South London borough of Sutton, where a local group organized a camp in 2023 to educate children of the Hong Kong diaspora about Chinese repression.—
Cora Engelbrecht,
The Atlantic,
25 Mar. 2025
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In the massacre, settlers of the LDS Church involved in a territorial militia killed 120 American western emigrants.—
Taijuan Moorman,
USA TODAY,
28 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Tariffs would hinder foreign producers and boost domestic manufacturers, reinvigorating regions left behind as the sector's jobs moved overseas, Trump said.—
Max Zahn,
ABC News,
29 Apr. 2025
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The ministry also said that foreign guests from more than 20 countries and organizations, including the U.S., will participate in the celebration this year.—
Nga Pham,
NPR,
29 Apr. 2025
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My life is still at the mercy of the settlers and the occupation.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
25 Apr. 2025
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The district and town are named for the Massapequa Tribe that lived on Long Island before European settlers arrived in the 1600s.—
Elizabeth Crisp,
The Hill,
21 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Some plots involved the unruly but harmless Darling family, depicted as hillbillies who seemed alien to even the small-town residents of Mayberry.—
Alice George,
Smithsonian Magazine,
23 Apr. 2025
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Search for extraterrestrials: Could alien life thrive on K2-18b?—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2025
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What might destroy our society is not immigrants or refugees or Palestinians or women seeking abortions or trans people or any of the other assorted others that have been posited as undermining American society.—
Viet Thanh Nguyễn,
Time,
28 Apr. 2025
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Israeli officials have rejected that definition, arguing that descendants don’t qualify as refugees and thus don’t have the right to return to their ancestral homes in what is now Israel.—
Eugenia Yosef and Oren Liebermann,
CNN Money,
28 Apr. 2025
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“Immigrant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/immigrant. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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