immigrating

verb

present participle of immigrate
as in arriving

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  1. arriving
  2. coming
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  • Public school officials have said the decline is linked to fewer newly arriving immigrants from other countries, declining birth rates, and families leaving for more affordable places.
    — Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 25 July 2026
  • The country’s citizens can successfully bypass the EU’s new Entry Exit System (EES), which means non-EU citizens arriving in the 29-country Schengen zone must now have their biometrics taken.
    — Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 25 July 2026
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  • But Morningstar analyst Jing Jie Yu cautions in a July report that the Chinese company might not attract many customers abroad, with demand still coming mostly from home markets.
    — Yue Wang, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
  • The fear is that those chains will keep coming, and eventually drown out places like Humaideh’s.
    — Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 27 July 2026
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