emigrate

Example Sentences

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Given the proximity, many Cubans who do not identify with Havana's politics emigrate to the US, which is one of the reasons why Miami has such a large Cuban-American demographic.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

Economic collapse and political repression led roughly 8 million Venezuelans to emigrate since 2014, making it one of the world’s largest displacement crises.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 3, 2026

By 1939, Hungary’s crackdown against Jews—and Senesh’s emerging identity as a Zionist—led her to emigrate to the British Mandate for Palestine.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 17, 2025

"The search for work, economic difficulties and poverty are the main reasons" for wanting to emigrate, with North America the "preferred destination", Afrobarometer said.

From Barron's • Oct. 11, 2025

I can’t marry and I can’t emigrate and the dust will eventually kill me.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick