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emigrant

[em-i-gruhnt] / ˈɛm ɪ grənt /


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McCoy, 45, has since relocated to Romania and works as a consultant helping other Americans with more limited means join the emigrant wave.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 26, 2026

His wife Heidi Goodwin and her family have been Nature Friends regulars since the early 1960s, when their German emigrant father Benno Werstein joined.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 22, 2025

I’m a Russian emigrant journalist and former political activist.

From Slate Oct. 18, 2025

India certainly isn’t unique in having an emigrant population with a religious make-up different from those still living in the country.

From BBC Aug. 19, 2024

I minded that the emigrant villagers shook their heads at my sister and me.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston

The tumult of 20th century Europe saw a new influx of Spaniard emigrants.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 18, 2026

Havana announced this week that it would allow Cuban emigrants to invest to address the communist island's severe economic and energy crises.

From Barron's Mar. 21, 2026

Are the new American emigrants a credit to the strength of their homeland’s economy?

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 26, 2026

Remarkably, there is little to no accurate real-time data about the number of actual emigrants.

From MarketWatch Oct. 18, 2025

Almost thirty years earlier, East Germany's communist leaders had put up the Berlin Wall to dam the river of emigrants trying to leave the country.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau




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