immigrant
noun
a person who migrates to another country, usually for permanent residence.
immigrants
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pluralof immigrant.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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A KFF Health News analysis found Medi-Cal lost almost 100,000 immigrants without legal status in the second half of 2025.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026
They included descendants of immigrants, as well as converts to Islam.
From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026
Now, this daughter of immigrants is responsible for reshaping the very system that brought them here decades ago – and doing so in a way that both her party and the country regard as fair.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026
For still others, it means exploring how their families’ stories mirror those of today’s immigrants, and what those parallels say about defiance in the face of exclusion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026
As the African immigrants spread around the world, they bred with other human populations, and people today are the outcome of this interbreeding.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
