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Recent Examples of evacuees
The evacuees are now being sheltered in temporary tents as authorities assess structural safety and continue emergency response efforts.
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Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
Another notice is on the hunt for fire relief volunteers who help fire evacuees.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Sep. 2025
Same as 20 years ago, when some Katrina evacuees navigated such injustices.
—Suzette Hackney, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
For three days, Qaddoura worked recruiting volunteers to help the relief effort as more evacuees arrived in Houston.
—Marissa Meador, IndyStar, 30 Aug. 2025
The grant will also fund the installation of improved roadway signage throughout the neighborhoods to help emergency vehicles, evacuees and large trucks navigate the roadways and the creation of a reusable banner series to educate residents about wildfire resilience.
—Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 17 Aug. 2025
The same lawmakers who once expressed outrage over the Afghanistan withdrawal are now silent as those evacuees — and many others — are funneled into a militarized detention system.
—Chris Purdy, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Aug. 2025
In collaboration with Polish architects, a foundation spotlighted in the exhibit repurposes old windows for reuse, allowing evacuees to return home.
—Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 12 Mar. 2025
Locals had been ordered to evacuate earlier that day but by Sunday afternoon, the Horry County Fire Rescue said Carolina Forest evacuees could return home.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 3 Mar. 2025
Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
Another notice is on the hunt for fire relief volunteers who help fire evacuees.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Sep. 2025
Same as 20 years ago, when some Katrina evacuees navigated such injustices.
—Suzette Hackney, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
For three days, Qaddoura worked recruiting volunteers to help the relief effort as more evacuees arrived in Houston.
—Marissa Meador, IndyStar, 30 Aug. 2025
The grant will also fund the installation of improved roadway signage throughout the neighborhoods to help emergency vehicles, evacuees and large trucks navigate the roadways and the creation of a reusable banner series to educate residents about wildfire resilience.
—Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 17 Aug. 2025
The same lawmakers who once expressed outrage over the Afghanistan withdrawal are now silent as those evacuees — and many others — are funneled into a militarized detention system.
—Chris Purdy, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Aug. 2025
In collaboration with Polish architects, a foundation spotlighted in the exhibit repurposes old windows for reuse, allowing evacuees to return home.
—Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 12 Mar. 2025
Locals had been ordered to evacuate earlier that day but by Sunday afternoon, the Horry County Fire Rescue said Carolina Forest evacuees could return home.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 3 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for evacuees
refugees
Noun
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Allen now oversees client intake and employment support, helping refugees find jobs and navigate cultural and language barriers.—
Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
18 Oct. 2025
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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
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“Evacuees.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evacuees. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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