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Recent Examples of foreign-born
In California, where one in every four people is foreign-born, immigrants face far greater rates of poverty and lack full access to social programs.
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Calmatters, The Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2024
Tension Over Immigration About 14 percent of all eligible voters in Nevada are foreign-born and the economy relies on immigrant labor, making immigration a particularly salient and complicated issue in the state.
—Jennifer Medina, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2024
More than one-quarter of physicians and surgeons are foreign-born.
—Howard Gleckman, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024
There was no movement on a solution to the border crisis, which is talked about constantly in Montana, though only two per cent of the population is foreign-born.
—E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 20 Sep. 2024
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Calmatters, The Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2024
Tension Over Immigration About 14 percent of all eligible voters in Nevada are foreign-born and the economy relies on immigrant labor, making immigration a particularly salient and complicated issue in the state.
—Jennifer Medina, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2024
More than one-quarter of physicians and surgeons are foreign-born.
—Howard Gleckman, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024
There was no movement on a solution to the border crisis, which is talked about constantly in Montana, though only two per cent of the population is foreign-born.
—E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 20 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for foreign-born
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Another airport, in Mérida, is in the final phases of a large-scale expansion set to double its domestic and international arrivals.Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024
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These punishments are especially painful since North Korea’s economy has been severely strained by international sanctions, the COVID-19 pandemic, and economic mismanagement.Sungmin Cho, Foreign Affairs, 12 Nov. 2024
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Much of Washington Heights is old farmland The area's earliest nonindigenous civilization in the Washington Heights area began in 1835.Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 19 Feb. 2024
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The lizard may also have or spread nonindigenous parasites or pathogens to native wildlife.Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2024
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This vote is a backlash against being a multicultural society, against women having control over their bodies, against LGBTQ rights, against the regulations that are in place to combat global warming and so much more.Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024
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Their findings also revealed that residents of the seaside resort favored by wealthy Romans had diverse backgrounds, primarily tracing their ancestry to eastern Mediterranean immigrants, highlighting the mobility of people and the multicultural nature of the Roman Empire.Hannah Peart, NBC News, 8 Nov. 2024
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On Tuesday, a number of major players will release their results before the opening bell, including Home Depot (HD), the leading home improvement retailer, and AstraZeneca (AZN), the multinational pharmaceutical company.Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 10 Nov. 2024
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Private credit can involve providing finance to a whole range of borrowers, from funding real estate transactions to funding small businesses or large multinational corporations.Christian Faes, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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Working toward the goal of carbon neutrality by 2050, the company has installed solar panels at its overseas factories, adopted biomass as a fuel source and is purchasing renewable energy certificates (RECs).SJ Studio, Sourcing Journal, 21 Nov. 2024
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But when the sudden onset of the pandemic severely impacts prospects for overseas workers, whose status in Canada was already tenuous, Joy and Ethan buckle under financial and professional pressures.Vikram Murthi, IndieWire, 20 Nov. 2024
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In the worst-case scenario, Pyongyang may resort to attacking South Korea to deliberately create an external crisis, forcing China to intervene on North Korea’s behalf.Sungmin Cho, Foreign Affairs, 12 Nov. 2024
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Helly Hansen’s two-layer LIFA merino tech, which sandwiches an internal synthetic layer with an external merino layer, allows folks who are wool-sensitive to experience the material’s benefits.Outside Editors, Outside Online, 11 Nov. 2024
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“Foreign-born.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foreign-born. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.
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