variants
also emigrés
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as in immigrants
one that leaves one place to settle in another
the émigrés moved to many different nations
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for émigrés
Noun
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Benicio del Toro’s Sensei oversees a sprawling apartment building that harbors refugees.—
Pat Saperstein,
Variety,
27 Sep. 2025 -
Gaza is home to the highest number of child amputees per capita worldwide, the head of the UN’s agency for Palestine refugees, Philippe Lazzarini, said on Wednesday.—
Christina Macfarlane,
CNN Money,
26 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Department of Homeland Security officials said over 700 immigrants have been arrested since the launch of the blitz.—
Michael Loria,
USA Today,
27 Sep. 2025
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There were other immigrants in the van besides the three who were shot, and officers brought them to safety, authorities said.—
Harriet Ramos,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
27 Sep. 2025
Noun
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But French police have also been observed previously using knives to slash and sink the inflatable boats of migrants who put up little or no resistance.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
28 Sep. 2025
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The mob, many of them European migrants, blamed the Chinese.—
Jenna McMurtry,
NPR,
28 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Before colonial settlers arrived in the 1700s, Indigenous people likely traveled to the island in the summer to take advantage of the abundant fish and crabs, according to the National Park Service.—
Julie Depenbrock,
NPR,
22 Sep. 2025
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In March, Hamdan Ballal, one of the Palestinian co-directors, was reported to have been attacked by a mob of Israeli settlers close to his West Bank village and then arrested by soldiers.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
22 Sep. 2025
Noun
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An article in The Guardian in May 2025 reported that a record number of emigrants left New Zealand in 2023 and 2024.—
Alex Ledsom,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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“émigrés.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/%C3%A9migr%C3%A9s. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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