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Recent Examples of in-migrant Since the 2020 census the city has lost over 20,000 residents; net domestic out-migration last year alone was over 6,000, only partially offset by 2,000 international in-migrants. Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 4 Apr. 2024
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Noun
  • The Gilded Age, remember, is also the era of Jacob Riis’ landmark photo essay, How the Other Half Lives (1890), which documented children sleeping in deserted buildings, immigrants crammed into filthy dormitories, and alleyways piled with trash.
    Deborah Williams July 14, Literary Hub, 14 July 2025
  • The Office of Management and Budget said some grants supported left-wing causes, pointing to services for immigrants in the country illegally or LGBTQ+ inclusion efforts.
    Bianca Vázquez Toness, Chicago Tribune, 14 July 2025
Noun
  • The jail is contracted to house up to 100 migrants, but appears to have an average daily population of about 242 people through mid-April, according to TRAC data.
    Noe Padilla, IndyStar, 23 July 2025
  • Demonstrators began clashing with police after ICE agents detained over 100 migrants following raids on June 6.
    Zachary Folk, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025
Noun
  • It’s alleged that an 18th-century settler named David Askins was considering moving to Kentucky from Pennsylvania, but decided instead to settle in the Quaker State’s southwestern corner and dubbed it Little Kentuck.
    AFAR Media, AFAR Media, 14 July 2025
  • But its history can be traced back to the early settlers of the Steele Creek neighborhood.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 14 July 2025
Noun
  • In 1999, then-Fort Dix provided temporary shelter to hundreds of Kosovo refugees amid the Kosovo War.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 20 July 2025
  • On January 26, 2023, Israeli soldiers, hidden in the cargo hold of a dairy truck, rode into the Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank, where the Magnum photographer Sakir Khader was preparing to leave for his grandmother’s home in Nablus.
    M. Z. Adnan, New Yorker, 20 July 2025
Noun
  • The quays around this warehouse saw millions of emigrants board ships bound for destinations such as America and Canada.
    Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
  • Throughout the ages, Chimney Rock has stood as an important marker amid the unending grassland, first for Native Americans and later for Western emigrants and fur traders.
    Brian Higgins, Outside Online, 27 May 2025

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“In-migrant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/in-migrant. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.

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