as in immigrant
one that leaves one place to settle in another
a steady stream of incomers to Australia from all parts of the Commonwealth
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Recent Examples of incomer
Loeb also hopes to design—in collaboration with space agencies or companies--a launch-ready space mission to study an incomer at close quarters.
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Daniel Clery,
Science | AAAS,
26 July 2021
In an overwhelmingly conservative state long dominated by the coal and timber industries, Fred Schaufeld wasn’t a typical corporate incomer.
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Peter Jamison,
Washington Post,
17 Feb. 2020
But the idea that such privileges might be under threat from incomers, either Hindu or Muslim, has now made Assam fertile ground for the BJP’s anti-Muslim drum-beat.
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Joseph Allchin,
The New York Review of Books,
6 Jan. 2020
Among the missiles in its launch tubes are some designed to shoot down incomers.
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The Economist,
14 Nov. 2019
Other projects, like rent control, are clearly magic carpets that won’t fly: with the best intentions in the world, all rent control does is to reward the incumbents and punish the incomers.
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Adam Gopnik,
The New Yorker,
21 Oct. 2019
As for whether the potential incomer is married or single?
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Natalie Stone,
PEOPLE.com,
21 Aug. 2019
By 1964 the population had jumped to 7.44 million, with Uyghurs still in the majority at 54%, but the growth was largely driven by Han incomers, who now stood at 33% of the total.
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James Griffiths,
CNN,
8 Aug. 2019
The news is certainly something of a respite for Arsenal fans, however, as the ever-reliable David Ornstein has stated that Unai Emery's side will pip late incomers Tottenham to the signing of AS Saint-Etienne centre half Saliba.
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SI.com,
17 July 2019
Daniel Clery,
Science | AAAS,
26 July 2021
In an overwhelmingly conservative state long dominated by the coal and timber industries, Fred Schaufeld wasn’t a typical corporate incomer.
—
Peter Jamison,
Washington Post,
17 Feb. 2020
But the idea that such privileges might be under threat from incomers, either Hindu or Muslim, has now made Assam fertile ground for the BJP’s anti-Muslim drum-beat.
—
Joseph Allchin,
The New York Review of Books,
6 Jan. 2020
Among the missiles in its launch tubes are some designed to shoot down incomers.
—
The Economist,
14 Nov. 2019
Other projects, like rent control, are clearly magic carpets that won’t fly: with the best intentions in the world, all rent control does is to reward the incumbents and punish the incomers.
—
Adam Gopnik,
The New Yorker,
21 Oct. 2019
As for whether the potential incomer is married or single?
—
Natalie Stone,
PEOPLE.com,
21 Aug. 2019
By 1964 the population had jumped to 7.44 million, with Uyghurs still in the majority at 54%, but the growth was largely driven by Han incomers, who now stood at 33% of the total.
—
James Griffiths,
CNN,
8 Aug. 2019
The news is certainly something of a respite for Arsenal fans, however, as the ever-reliable David Ornstein has stated that Unai Emery's side will pip late incomers Tottenham to the signing of AS Saint-Etienne centre half Saliba.
—
SI.com,
17 July 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for incomer
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Her parents are both undocumented immigrants who spent decades in San Diego, working as paleteros, selling ice cream, building a life and raising a family.
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Instead, Valadao will face off against progressive Randy Villegas, a college professor and son of Mexican immigrants, who built grassroots support in the heavily Latino, working-class district.
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But one video posted to social media that appears to show a young man wielding a machete and counting down to the deadline has put migrants like Nyirenda on edge.
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Raseman had first learned about the family through a network of churches helping migrants in the Chicago area.
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Goldman has consistently criticized Israel's government and condemned settler violence but has stopped short of describing the conflict as a genocide, which Lander has done.
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Goldman has consistently criticized Israel’s government and condemned settler violence but has stopped short of describing the conflict as a genocide, which Lander has done.
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Perhaps as important as Morocco’s investment in nurturing domestic talent has been its improved efforts to scout and court eligible international talent —often the descendants of emigrants who have learned the game in world-class competitive environs elsewhere.
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Between 1854 and 1891, the fort protected emigrants, mail coaches, freight wagons, and travelers along the Trans-Pecos stretch of the San Antonio–El Paso Road and Chihuahua Trail.
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