as in emigration
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a group of people who live outside the area in which they had lived for a long time or in which their ancestors lived
—usually singular
the art of the African diaspora
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Recent Examples of diaspora
For Black people across the diaspora, fashion is self-preservation.
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Colson Thayer, People.com, 5 May 2025
Enhancing the efficiency, effectiveness, and accountability of treatment delivery, investing in health care workers and infrastructure, leveraging advances in technology, and engaging the diaspora to invest in the ecosystem will expedite this transition to full self-sufficiency.
—Ndidi Okonkwo Nwuneli, Time, 8 May 2025
What To Know Trump's move to terminate key protections for Venezuelan migrants has fractured the Venezuelan diaspora in South Florida.
—Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 May 2025
Photos: Met Gala 2025 celebrates Black style This year, the dress code is about tailoring and suiting as interpreted through the history and meaning of Black dandyism across the Atlantic diaspora.
—Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2025
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Colson Thayer, People.com, 5 May 2025
Enhancing the efficiency, effectiveness, and accountability of treatment delivery, investing in health care workers and infrastructure, leveraging advances in technology, and engaging the diaspora to invest in the ecosystem will expedite this transition to full self-sufficiency.
—Ndidi Okonkwo Nwuneli, Time, 8 May 2025
What To Know Trump's move to terminate key protections for Venezuelan migrants has fractured the Venezuelan diaspora in South Florida.
—Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 May 2025
Photos: Met Gala 2025 celebrates Black style This year, the dress code is about tailoring and suiting as interpreted through the history and meaning of Black dandyism across the Atlantic diaspora.
—Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for diaspora
Noun
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And as the emigration rate goes up, the CEBR’s report says the Treasury would incur higher losses.—
Robert Olsen,
Forbes.com,
14 May 2025
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Where another filmmaker might have framed Cheung’s emigration as a selfless act, Tsang — whose probing direction creates a rich and detailed reality from the day-to-day business of life at the parlor — recognizes that righteousness is a luxury that desperation can’t afford.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
22 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Now, some residents and local leaders are worried about the economic consequences of an exodus of federal workers and their salaries.—
Katheryn Houghton,
NPR,
26 May 2025
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The sell-off in Treasurys comes on the back of the exodus in American assets in April, and is largely owed to investors’ declining confidence in U.S. assets, said market watchers.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
22 May 2025
Noun
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Either there was some human error along the chain of command issuing evacuations or there was some type of technical error in sending the alerts.—
Grace Toohey,
Los Angeles Times,
21 May 2025
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The World Health Organization (WHO) said last week that some 12,000 patients in Gaza need medical evacuation, and that only 123 people have been evacuated since the blockade was imposed in March.—
Tareq Al Hilou,
CNN Money,
20 May 2025
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“Diaspora.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diaspora. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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