evacuation

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Recent Examples of evacuation The map above shows the evacuation order in red and the approximate fire perimeter as a black line. Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 16 July 2025 Those include specific evacuation routes for each neighborhood, identifying which buildings house vulnerable populations, such as older adults, and steps local officials can implement immediately during emergencies. Ivis García, The Conversation, 15 July 2025 Louisville Metro Police officials retracted a statement made July 14 about the cause of an evacuation of the Kentucky Exposition Center, where officers were dispatched July 13 on multiple reports of an active shooter. Leo Bertucci, Louisville Courier Journal, 15 July 2025 Officials urge residents to avoid low-lying areas and heed all weather alerts and evacuation orders. Hannah Parry amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for evacuation
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Noun
  • Despite the exodus at Burnley towards the end of last summer’s window, Trafford was one of the players who remained when a move never materialised.
    Matt Pyzdrowski, New York Times, 25 July 2025
  • This exodus fractures families and hurts our city: our schools have lost more than 120,000 students (and the associated funding).
    Richard Buery, New York Daily News, 24 July 2025
Noun
  • In the 1970s, President Marcos attempted to stimulate the economy through emigration, beginning with waves of Filipino men sent to work on oil rigs in the Middle East.
    Hung Duong, Artforum, 18 June 2025
  • Israeli politicians, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, have eagerly supported the emigration plan, despite no country publicly expressing any willingness to take part.
    Dana Karni, CNN Money, 8 July 2025
Noun
  • That means there are fewer tax planning opportunities compared with traditional and Roth IRAs, where there's either a tax break on contributions or on withdrawals.
    Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 18 July 2025
  • Explore strategies life Roth conversions or strategic withdrawals to maximize tax efficiency.
    True Tamplin, Forbes.com, 18 July 2025
Noun
  • As a child of the Spanish diaspora in NYC, my Christmas season never officially kicked off until my mother and aunts set out lazy Susans filled with several different types of turrón, just in case company came over.
    Sofia Perez, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
  • That may have to do with the size of their diasporas in the United States, said Zilmiyah Kamble, senior lecturer in hospitality and tourism management at James Cook University in Singapore.
    Monica Pitrelli, CNBC, 10 July 2025
Noun
  • Online sleuths who closely track SpaceX's activities at Starbase, Texas, have concluded the rocket recovered from the Gulf is Booster 13, which flew on the sixth test flight of the Starship mega-rocket last November.
    Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 25 July 2025
  • In the 1990s, Trump rode on aircraft owned by Epstein, according to flight logs released in two lawsuits.
    Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 25 July 2025
Noun
  • Appearing on the latest episode of Armchair Expert with Dax Shepherd, released Monday, July 21, the 48-year-old star revealed that his desire for normalcy in a family of entertainers led to his early retirement from the entertainment industry.
    Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 21 July 2025
  • The administration is proceeding with offers of early retirement, buyouts, and deferred resignation to federal civil servants.
    Chad Kirchner, ArsTechnica, 21 July 2025
Noun
  • The plane crashed about two minutes after its departure and the crash was avoidable, the board said in its report.
    Liam Adams, The Tennessean, 22 July 2025
  • Despite this, her friend booked a flight with a 9:20 pm departure and an 11:50 pm arrival.
    Ashley Vega, People.com, 21 July 2025

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“Evacuation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evacuation. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.

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