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Recent Examples of evacuee
Groups supporting Afghan evacuees criticized the Trump administration’s action.
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Stuart Anderson, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
Secretary Kristi Noem has stripped protections from deportation for Afghans and Cameroonians in the U.S., calling into question the ability of some Afghan evacuees to remain in America.
—Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 11 Apr. 2025
And on Wednesday, President Prabowo Subianto of Indonesia said his country was ready to offer temporary shelter to a first wave of around 1,000 medical evacuees from Gaza and children orphaned by the war there.
—Isabel Kershner, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
Camp Pendleton was the first base in the United States to provide accommodations for Vietnamese evacuees during the U.S. military’s 1975 relocation effort, Operation New Arrivals.
—Jonathan Horwitz, Oc Register, 26 Apr. 2025
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Stuart Anderson, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
Secretary Kristi Noem has stripped protections from deportation for Afghans and Cameroonians in the U.S., calling into question the ability of some Afghan evacuees to remain in America.
—Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 11 Apr. 2025
And on Wednesday, President Prabowo Subianto of Indonesia said his country was ready to offer temporary shelter to a first wave of around 1,000 medical evacuees from Gaza and children orphaned by the war there.
—Isabel Kershner, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
Camp Pendleton was the first base in the United States to provide accommodations for Vietnamese evacuees during the U.S. military’s 1975 relocation effort, Operation New Arrivals.
—Jonathan Horwitz, Oc Register, 26 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for evacuee
refugee
Noun
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The community swelled before, during, and immediately after World War II, thanks to the arrival of Jewish refugees from Eastern Europe, reaching a peak in the 1950s of more than 1,500 members.—
Rosario Del Valle,
Sun Sentinel,
3 June 2025
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Nawrocki, 42, a newcomer to politics who previously ran a national remembrance institute, campaigned on a promise to ensure economic and social policies favour Poles over other nationalities, including refugees from neighbouring Ukraine.—
Anna Magdalena Lubowicka,
USA Today,
3 June 2025
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“Evacuee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evacuee. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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