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emigration

[em-i-gray-shuhn] / ˌɛm ɪˈgreɪ ʃən /


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A larger Palestinian Christian community lives in the West Bank, although emigration has increased since the start of the war.

From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026

With emigration from East Asia, Europe and Latin America set to decline, Africa will be America’s main source of labor—especially once South Asia’s population begins to shrink by the second half of the 21st century.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

Its leaders rejected emigration to Palestine and, after the pogroms and massacres that accompanied Russia’s collapse, went into exile or were crushed by the Soviets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

That number of returns is equivalent to about 6% of total emigration from the UK from January 2025 to December 2025.

From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026

They shared a lot of history—Syria, emigration to America and New Orleans, work in the trades.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers

John James Audubon was among the reputable witnesses of what are more properly called emigrations, not migrations.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 8, 2023

It was considered enough to express the tragedy of emigrations, of displaced people and their long march.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 15, 2013

It was 1840, three years after the first baptisms, when the emigrations began.

From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2012

Joseph Ponten's seven-volume historical novel will trace the emigrations of German minorities abroad, especially in Russia.

From Time Magazine Archive

Abyssinia, The emigration of the Moslems to, v, xxxiii, 5; the two emigrations of, 11; Nadhir ibn Hareth's flight to, 78, 179.

From A Critical Exposition of the Popular 'Jihád' Showing that all the Wars of Mohammad Were Defensive; and that Aggressive War, or Compulsory Conversion, is not Allowed in The Koran - 1885 by Cherágh Ali


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