variants
also emigré
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as in immigrant
one that leaves one place to settle in another
the émigrés moved to many different nations
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Some emigres have managed to keep their jobs in Israel, working remotely as digital nomads.
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Aluf Benn, Foreign Affairs, 4 Oct. 2024
By May, however, the Russian security services had begun to visit families of emigres to pressure them to convince their relatives to return to Russia.
—Irina Borogan, Foreign Affairs, 28 Sep. 2022
The son of Soviet emigres who settled in New Jersey, Gershkovich moved to Russia in 2017 to work for The Moscow Times newspaper before being hired by the Journal in 2022.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 1 Aug. 2024
The son of Soviet emigres who settled in New Jersey, Mr. Gershkovich was fluent in Russian and moved to the country in 2017 to work for The Moscow Times newspaper before being hired by the Journal in 2022.
—Kirill Zarubin, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 July 2024
Lincoln settled for a compromise authorizing private financing that still provided impoverished emigres with money to cross the ocean.
—Harold Holzer, New York Daily News, 4 July 2024
Any attempt to reconstruct a national Ukrainian narrative must take a stand on a trauma of such proportions–especially since all Soviet historians, propagandists, and officials assiduously ignored the famine or dismissed it as an emigre delusion for decades.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 23 Feb. 2024
The son of Soviet emigres who settled in New Jersey, Gershkovich was fluent in Russian and moved to the country in 2017 to work for The Moscow Times newspaper before being hired by the Journal in 2022.
—CBS News, 13 June 2024
Most were emigres from Texas who brought their politics to El Monte.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2024
Aluf Benn, Foreign Affairs, 4 Oct. 2024
By May, however, the Russian security services had begun to visit families of emigres to pressure them to convince their relatives to return to Russia.
—Irina Borogan, Foreign Affairs, 28 Sep. 2022
The son of Soviet emigres who settled in New Jersey, Gershkovich moved to Russia in 2017 to work for The Moscow Times newspaper before being hired by the Journal in 2022.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 1 Aug. 2024
The son of Soviet emigres who settled in New Jersey, Mr. Gershkovich was fluent in Russian and moved to the country in 2017 to work for The Moscow Times newspaper before being hired by the Journal in 2022.
—Kirill Zarubin, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 July 2024
Lincoln settled for a compromise authorizing private financing that still provided impoverished emigres with money to cross the ocean.
—Harold Holzer, New York Daily News, 4 July 2024
Any attempt to reconstruct a national Ukrainian narrative must take a stand on a trauma of such proportions–especially since all Soviet historians, propagandists, and officials assiduously ignored the famine or dismissed it as an emigre delusion for decades.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 23 Feb. 2024
The son of Soviet emigres who settled in New Jersey, Gershkovich was fluent in Russian and moved to the country in 2017 to work for The Moscow Times newspaper before being hired by the Journal in 2022.
—CBS News, 13 June 2024
Most were emigres from Texas who brought their politics to El Monte.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2024
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