as in immigrants
one that leaves one place to settle in another
most out-migrants cited the state's high cost of living as their main reason for leaving
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Noun
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And days after Mullin was sworn in, the Department of Homeland Security paused the purchase of new warehouses intended to house immigrants.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
9 Apr. 2026 -
City staff plan to bring back a report next month on what the city has already done with regards to protecting and communicating with immigrants in Naperville and future steps to increase that communication and trust.—
Carolyn Stein,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Apr. 2026
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Orbán has used his party's current supermajority in Hungarian parliament to undermine the independence of the judiciary, crack down on independent media, demonize migrants and discriminate against LGBTQ people, Human Rights Watch has said.—
Emmet Lyons,
CBS News,
11 Apr. 2026
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The tactic has become more popular with smugglers as police on the beaches try to thwart crossings by puncturing the rafts that groups of migrants have to inflate and carry to the water.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
11 Apr. 2026
Noun
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New Mexico More than half of Route 66 cuts through sovereign Native American lands, often tracing routes used by tribes long before settlers arrived.—
Susan Montoya Bryan,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Apr. 2026
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Named for the Kiawah people who called this island home when British settlers first arrived in 1670, Kiawah Island fronts the Atlantic with ten miles of beach.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 Apr. 2026
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In 2024, a record 41,294 Hungarians emigrated, according to official statistics, bringing the total number of emigrants during Orbán’s years in power to more than 360,000.—
Alexander Smith,
NBC news,
11 Apr. 2026
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The share of emigrants from ages 20 to 24 has doubled during Orbán’s time in office.—
Isaac Stanley-Becker,
The Atlantic,
10 Apr. 2026
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Where will all these sciolistic refugees from woke America go if that largesse dries up?—
Kapil Komireddi,
New Yorker,
10 Apr. 2026
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Yet opportunities like ours are vulnerable to political headwinds and are no longer available to refugees from around the world whose lives remain in limbo.—
Sediqa Fahimi,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Apr. 2026
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“Out-migrants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/out-migrants. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.
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