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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Antonyms & Near Antonyms
Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for émigrés
Noun
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And the Orizzonti jury prize was handed to Japanese director Akio Fujimoto for his drama Lost Land, the story of two Rohingya child refugees on a perilous journey to reach Malaysia.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Sep. 2025 -
Last month, the Borgo Laudato Si’ hosted a luncheon for roughly a hundred refugees, people who were homeless and others in need, as well as church volunteers who assist them.—
Angie Leventis Lourgos,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In California, for example, federal reimbursement for immigrants without legal status will go to 50% for emergency services, down from 90% for the Medicaid expansion population, according to Cava.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 Sep. 2025
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Trump administration targets immigrants Immigrants lacking permanent legal status are not eligible to enroll in comprehensive Medicaid coverage.—
Angela Hart,
Fortune,
5 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Abrego was brought back in June to face criminal charges of transporting migrants living in the United States illegally.—
Ted Hesson,
USA Today,
7 Sep. 2025
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Two South Florida men are behind bars on human smuggling charges after a group of migrants arrived in the Florida Keys earlier this week.—
Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
6 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Even as liberal-seeming Amir invites Yusuf to join the Muslim Association, an informal organization of male Arab landowners, Yusuf’s father is killed in a night-time confrontation with the settlers.—
Ritesh Mehta,
IndieWire,
5 Sep. 2025
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Native Americans, early settlers, some of our Founding Fathers and today’s small-town folk have harvested and relished pawpaws on sunny fall days.—
John Vukmirovich,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Taking the form of an address to Jarman, Prospect imagines the emigrants who set sail at the end of Jarman’s film The Last of England returning to Britain.—
Joanne Shurvell,
Forbes.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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“émigrés.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/%C3%A9migr%C3%A9s. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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