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emigration

[em-i-grey-shuhn] / ˌɛm ɪˈgreɪ ʃən /


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Europe is luring them in with a variety of programs that incentivize emigration, such as the European Commission’s €1.25 billion “Choose Europe for Science” initiative.

From Barron's • Apr. 16, 2026

Demographers say Cuba is undergoing one of the world’s fastest population declines — a 25% drop in just four years — as birth rates fall and emigration soars.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 22, 2026

As Sandford recounted, the Founders understood that their new nation was, in James Madison’s words, “indebted to emigration for her settlement and prosperity.”

From Slate • Mar. 18, 2026

Desperate to escape the confinement of her home life, Dilara becomes drawn to these women, and “The Renovation” delves further into the themes of emigration, amnesia and incarceration.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

As far as Desdemona was concerned, death was only another kind of emigration.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides




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