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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

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

As an immigrant herself — she was born in India and came to the U.S. as a child — this would not be unexpected.

From Salon • Apr. 12, 2026

Here she wouldn't be Dimple Shah, wayward, Americanized daughter of immigrant parents; she’d be just Dimple Shah, future web developer.

From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon




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