emigration

Example Sentences

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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

Fueling this emigration is the rise of remote work, higher living costs at home and an appetite for a different lifestyle.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 28, 2026

Even so, petroleum was still a lifeline for a nation mired in more than a decade of economic, political and social tumult marked by mass emigration, hyperinflation and a near-ubiquitous sense of despair.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2026

They were all to be paid between $1,000 and $3,000 a month -- a fortune in Kenya where jobs are scarce and the government encourages emigration to boost remittances.

From Barron's • Feb. 9, 2026

It may have been that they were weak people, ill suited for the rigors of emigration, its humiliations and compromises, its competing demands of self-discipline and adventurousness.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline