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immigrant

[im-i-gruhnt] / ˈɪm ɪ grənt /


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Travel is great, and I love patronizing restaurants opened by immigrant chefs who send enticing smells and savory dishes out of their kitchens.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Celeste, a first-generation daughter of immigrant parents from El Salvador, attended Lakeland Village School.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

He has been contacted a few days earlier by a new customer, a recent immigrant from Pakistan.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

An immigrant from Colombia, he works as a civil engineer specializing in bridge construction, and was deemed to “perform services of exceptional merit and ability” by the federal government.

From Slate • Apr. 15, 2026

He was up at five o’clock the next morning, closing the boarding house door behind him, joining thousands of immigrant men and women making their way through the streets toward the Union Stock Yard.

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield




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