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diaspora

[dahy-as-per-uh, dee-] / daɪˈæs pər ə, di- /
NOUN
the spreading out of a group of people
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Lior Yohanani, a sociologist at Tel Aviv University who studies diaspora military service, says the profile of recruits is shifting.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

What distinguishes Tsion Cafe is that its food represents the Jewish diaspora from Ethiopia, a group that numbers over 175,000 in Israel.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

She lives in Montreal which has a large Moroccan diaspora of about 104,000 people, according to the 2016 census.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

While studying history in Switzerland, home to a large Albanian diaspora, he became frustrated with the policy of peaceful resistance espoused by the late Kosovo president Ibrahim Rugova.

From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026

Just as Lawrence had warned Sproul that the cyclotron diaspora was bound to end Berkeley’s monopoly on cheap grad-student labor, it was now ending Berkeleys monopoly on cyclotron technology.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

Excitement for the global soccer spectacle has progressively waned as countries with large diasporas in the city -- like Mexico and Egypt -- have been ejected.

From Barron's ● Jul. 19, 2026

Gambling has long been a fixture in Black diasporas in America, cherished and bemoaned in equal parts, going back to the 18th century.

From Salon ● Feb. 8, 2026

It was these diasporas that would offer a foothold to the game in America.

From BBC ● May 29, 2024

Money brokers are part of large Chinese diasporas in places like Europe, the United States and Latin America.

From Reuters ● Apr. 6, 2023

“These are small countries and they’re large diasporas, so you’re going to have a big effect,” Bahar said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2023




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