as in immigrant
one that leaves one place to settle in another
we traced our family history back to migrants who came to this country seeking a better life for themselves
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as in migratory
having a way of life that involves moving from one region to another typically on a seasonal basis
migrant laborers picking fruit in an orchard
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Recent Examples of migrant
Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
The crackdown was ostensibly to ferret out spies, but in many cases the security forces used the war as a pretext to detain ethnic and religious minorities as well as Afghan migrants, according to Amnesty International.
—Babak Dehghanpisheh, NBC news, 24 Sep. 2025
Jordan Owens, NPR, 22 Sep. 2025
Stepheny Price covers crime including missing persons, homicides and migrant crime.
—Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 21 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for migrant
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Newsweek has previously reported several allegations of abuse at ICE-run detention centers in California operated by CoreCivic and Geo Group, including cases of medical neglect and mistreatment of migrants.
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Since its inception, CAMP has helped tens of thousands of migrant students, including Sofia Mireles-Gonzalez, a recent graduate of Michigan State University.
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That idea has more recently been supplanted by the concept of bidirectional assimilation, the theory that just as immigrants adapt to their new country, its institutions adapt to them.—
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That's what allowed the shooter to open fire on a van transporting immigrants.—
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The salt marshes and estuaries are a magnet for migratory birds, whose colorful plumage rivals the blaze of bold leaves.—
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This process depends on a gene regulator called KLF2, and it’s supported by migratory dendritic cells in lymph nodes that keep presenting antigens.—
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In the wake of the stabbing death of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska on a Charlotte, North Carolina, light rail train, the state legislature introduced a bill to crack down on bail for violent offenders, drawing praise from one crime expert.—
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Gaza is home to the highest number of child amputees per capita worldwide, the head of the UN’s agency for Palestine refugees, Philippe Lazzarini, said on Wednesday.—
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Deadly settler violence and Israeli military operations have also increased in the Palestinian territory.—
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In Venice, François Ozon debuted a take on Albert Camus’ The Stranger, the notoriously philosophical text about a French Algerian settler and the myth of Sisyphus.—
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An article in The Guardian in May 2025 reported that a record number of emigrants left New Zealand in 2023 and 2024.—
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Americans still hoping to move to Portugal, meanwhile, might be wise to see if their preferred neighborhoods are already too saturated with fellow emigrants or tourists.—
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“Migrant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/migrant. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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