as in migrant
one that leaves one place to settle in another
America was founded by immigrants and they have been its lifeblood ever since
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Recent Examples of immigrant
Literary Hub, 28 Apr. 2026
Denise Lorence's daughter, Katie Abraham, was killed in a drunk driving crash in Urbana in January of last year by an immigrant without permanent legal status.
—Lauren Victory, CBS News, 28 Apr. 2026
Samuel O’Neal April 29, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Apr. 2026
This is a rich, complex memoir in which Foo explores her familial roots, the impact of intergenerational trauma in Asian-American immigrant communities, the failures of American healthcare, and the patriarchal erasure of women’s suffering.
—Literary Hub, 28 Apr. 2026
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Noun
Growing up in an Irish immigrant family, Dolan was frequently beaten by his mother who consistently mocked and berated him.
—Literary Hub, 28 Apr. 2026
Denise Lorence's daughter, Katie Abraham, was killed in a drunk driving crash in Urbana in January of last year by an immigrant without permanent legal status.
—Lauren Victory, CBS News, 28 Apr. 2026
Adjective
The board also voted to close International Newcomer Academy, the district’s only campuses designated for immigrant and refugee students new to the country.
—Samuel O’Neal April 29, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Apr. 2026
This is a rich, complex memoir in which Foo explores her familial roots, the impact of intergenerational trauma in Asian-American immigrant communities, the failures of American healthcare, and the patriarchal erasure of women’s suffering.
—Literary Hub, 28 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for immigrant
Noun
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Continue reading … POLITICS TPS TERMINATIONS — Supreme Court weighs Trump effort to terminate temporary protections for Haitian, Syrian migrants.—
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FOXNews.com,
29 Apr. 2026
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But lawyers for about 350,000 migrants from Haiti and 6,000 from Syria say judges can consider whether authorities followed all the steps laid out in the law.—
Lindsay Whitehurst,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The expatriate population, which makes up roughly 90% of residents, watched Emirati armed forces—drawn entirely from the country's 10 percent native population—fight to protect them.—
Mina Al-Oraibi,
Time,
14 Apr. 2026
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Meanwhile, expatriate Hungarians in cities such as Berlin, Brussels, Paris, and London—a smaller contingent, deemed unreliable by virtue of their exposure to cosmopolitan societies—must queue up at diplomatic missions.—
Kapil Komireddi,
New Yorker,
10 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Those include sites like Bonneville Point – where emigrants got their first glimpse of the Boise River Valley and trail ruts can be seen – and Three Island Crossing State Park, named for the most crucial and challenging river crossing in the state.—
Nathan Diller,
USA Today,
15 Apr. 2026
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At least one of Mellone’s cases had been rejected in lower courts before the new law, hinging partially on rulings that Italian emigrants who took on another citizenship before having children cannot pass on Italian citizenship.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
14 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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At one point, my friend was added to a WeChat group that included nearly five hundred foreign actors, many of whom were sharing casting calls to make sure they weren’t being scammed.—
Chang Che,
New Yorker,
25 Apr. 2026
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Policymakers, especially here in Tokyo, would be wise to accept more foreign workers to plug labor gaps, but that’s not a durable answer on its own.—
Catherine Thorbecke,
Twin Cities,
25 Apr. 2026
Noun
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On March 30, soldiers from the battalion detained a CNN team covering settler violence in the village of Tayasir in the West Bank.—
Oren Liebermann,
CNN Money,
28 Apr. 2026
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Local history is also reflected in the design, with a Navy pilot (representing the former Naval Air Station Glenview); a member of the Kennicott family, the early settlers of The Grove; the Glenview Farmer’s Market; and a child riding in the 4th of July bike parade featured.—
Jennifer Johnson,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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There are scenes in the play where Ramos and Bradford operate a pair of space alien puppets, but to say more would spoil the play’s final twists.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Apr. 2026
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Margo writes scripts, plans costumes and makeup, blocks scenes, and dreams up plot arcs for her erotic-alien alter ego.—
Sophie Gilbert,
The Atlantic,
23 Apr. 2026
Noun
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But the War on Terror persisted and mutated into nightmares in Iraq and Afghanistan, and then Syria, which unleashed that darkness in the form of terrorist states and a refugee crisis that spread anti-Muslim and anti-migrant hatred to Europe, the United States, and beyond.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Apr. 2026
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There are hundreds of immigrant and refugee students in the district that do not attend INA, and Licata said those students are currently performing better than those at INA.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
29 Apr. 2026
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“Immigrant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/immigrant. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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