foreign-born

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Recent Examples of foreign-born Of course, 35% of U.S. graduate school students in STEM areas are now foreign-born, most wanting to stay here after getting their advanced degrees. Thomas Elias, Mercury News, 25 Mar. 2025 While 32% were foreign-born, according to the Migration Policy Institute, only 13% of the Latinas in the U.S. are undocumented. Noreen Sugrue, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025 Fort Myers is roughly a quarter Latino and a fifth foreign-born, according to Census data. Syra Ortiz Blanes, Orlando Sentinel, 19 Mar. 2025 Zoom in: Nearly 18% of Texas residents are foreign-born. Alex Fitzpatrick, Axios, 17 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for foreign-born
Recent Examples of Synonyms for foreign-born
Adjective
  • The agency, which is based in London and has an office in New York, will be among the first international fashion and luxury PRs to plant a flag in the market, where fashion sales are growing in the double-digits fueled by thriving industries such as tech, health care, sports and entertainment.
    Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 14 Apr. 2025
  • The taskforce, which is expected to comprise administrators from the Chief Executives’ Committee, will also look into whether T10 - an emerging 90-minute game - should be made into an official format for international cricket.
    Tristan Lavalette, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Much of Washington Heights is old farmland The area's earliest nonindigenous civilization in the Washington Heights area began in 1835.
    Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 19 Feb. 2024
  • The lizard may also have or spread nonindigenous parasites or pathogens to native wildlife.
    Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2024
Adjective
  • Happy Holidays is Copti’s second film after his debut Ajami exploring the complexities of life in a multicultural society.
    Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 27 Jan. 2025
  • Cycle of Life is based in the Kuumba Imani Millennium Center, and William learned more about the multipurpose, multicultural building upon his arrival.
    Rachel Burchfield, People.com, 23 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • The Dutch multinational banking company ING Group, which held its No. 1 position from 2024 in Australia, Germany, Poland and Spain, has also been focusing on offering personalized experiences through new technologies.
    Haniya Rae, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
  • The Golden State Valkyries announced a new partnership with Sephora, expanding the WNBA’s cultural reach and broadening the multinational beauty retailer‘s relevance beyond makeup, skin care and hair care.
    Julia Teti, Footwear News, 9 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Princess Diana's trip to New York City in 1989 was her first solo overseas trip as a working royal and included a memorable stop at the AIDS unit of Harlem Hospital, connecting to her wider work of smashing stigmas around the disease.
    Janine Henni, People.com, 14 Mar. 2025
  • As overseas healthcare continues to become the new norm, Turkish healthcare professionals have shown their obvious dedication to delivering top-of-the-line care at an unbeatable market price.
    Kyle J. Russell, USA TODAY, 13 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • The team was able to remove the external support in October and added a dental acrylic covering over the gap in the bone until late March.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 10 Apr. 2025
  • But these laws have not historically extended to child influencers and social media stars — leaving the influencer space largely free of guidelines and any external accountability.
    CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 10 Apr. 2025

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“Foreign-born.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foreign-born. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.

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