Definition of incomernext
chiefly British

Example Sentences

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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. — 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 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
Noun
  • Mamadou Sidibé stars as Malik, a young African immigrant, who must try to survive after being incarcerated for drug smuggling.
    — Carole Horst, Variety, 24 Sep. 2026
  • But rather than succumbing to any one style, Lam developed a unique voice shaped by surrealism, cubism and his heritage as the son of a Chinese immigrant father and a mixed-race mother.
    — Jane Wooldridge, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • While the birds that left early numbered in the thousands, the number of migrants in late September becomes millions.
    — Charles Seabrook, AJC.com, 20 Sep. 2026
  • The integration of migrants, particularly those from Muslim-majority countries, remains contentious in Italian politics and society.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • The Samaria regional council said the killed man, Netanel Shakron, was a settler who had been bathing at a spring ahead of Yom Kippur.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Sep. 2026
  • According to the Burke Museum, passenger pigeons were once the most abundant bird in North America, numbering in the billions and accounting for close to 40% of the continent’s land birds when European settlers arrived in the 19th century.
    — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 21 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Baksheng leaves behind a family and then creates a new one with other Teochew emigrants at an inn run by a feminist daughter, Zia Lamgi (Li Sitong) who dodges a revolving door of suitors.
    — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 3 Sep. 2026
  • The decision could have broad implications for descendants of Italian emigrants, particularly in North and South America, where large Italian diaspora communities have ancestral ties to Italy.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 July 2026

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“Incomer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incomer. Accessed 26 Sep. 2026.

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