variants
also emigré
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as in immigrant
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 émigré
Noun
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Trabajadores Unidos Workers United was given an additional $541,375 to prepare immigrant and refugee communities with training and mutual aid.—
Chase Hunter,
Mercury News,
17 Oct. 2025 -
Almost none of the refugees had been permitted to read or write on the plantation, and thus the precise nuance of their feelings is lost to time.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Oct. 2025
Noun
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In June, representatives for the county’s immigration hotline told the Alameda County For All committee about the limitations of the organization in responding to the rapidly changing needs of the county’s immigrants.—
Chase Hunter,
Mercury News,
17 Oct. 2025
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Fernandes Anderson was the first Muslim-American, African immigrant and formerly undocumented person to be elected to the City Council.—
Gayla Cawley,
Boston Herald,
16 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Arrests among migrants have increased, though most involve minor offenses such as traffic violations or theft.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Oct. 2025
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His goal is to give migrants enough time to either hide or flee if agents are around.—
Marisa Peñaloza,
NPR,
17 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Their inhabitants have been forced off their land by a combination of settlers and the Army, which are often indistinguishable from each other.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
16 Oct. 2025
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Big Bone Lick's annual Salt Festival See demonstrations of early settler ways of life, salt making, archery, spear and tomahawk throwing.—
Caroline Ritzie,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
15 Oct. 2025
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But while many Israeli emigrants have embarked on new lives in Cyprus, Canada and Thailand, according to DellaPergola’s analysis, few are prepared to speak publicly, citing a mistrust of the media and fear of anti-Israel sentiment.—
Lianne Kolirin,
CNN Money,
7 Oct. 2025
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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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“émigré.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/%C3%A9migr%C3%A9. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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