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emigration

[em-i-grey-shuhn] / ˌɛm ɪˈgreɪ ʃən /


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Years of economic crisis, underinvestment and political turmoil have hollowed out once thriving communities, with many homes left empty thanks to mass emigration.

From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026

It’s a chance to chill for the people of a nation — once among the richest in Latin America — that has endured more than a decade of economic meltdown, political turmoil and mass emigration.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

As African economies and incomes grow in the coming decades, emigration to the U.S. will increase as more people can afford to move.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

And on top of that, there have been high levels of emigration and low immigration.

From BBC ● Jun. 15, 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

When deaths and emigrations were totaled and deducted, the group mysteriously gained 170,000 in population.

From Time Magazine Archive

The number of Catholics was greatly increased by numerous emigrations, specially from Ireland and Catholic Germany.

From Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 by J. H. Kurtz




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