immigrate
verb
im·mi·grate
ˈi-mə-ˌgrāt 
immigrated; immigrating
: to enter and usually become established
especially
: to come into a country of which one is not a native for permanent residence
: to bring in or send as immigrants
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Born and raised in the Chicago area with parents who immigrated to the U.S. from Taiwan, Pan, a Republican, has taught German at UCI since 2006, according to his campaign website.
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Hanna Kang, Orange County Register, 5 Nov. 2024
The movies include the story of a Saudi girl and her Sudanese driver who form a friendship, a look at a Bedouin family’s life in the middle of the desert, and the journey of a couple from rural Egypt who immigrate to New York in search of a cure for their infertility.
—Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Nov. 2024
On a trip to Haiti in 2014, many years after her previous visit, Morisseau was joined by her father, who had immigrated to the U.S. as a young child.
—Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2024
Among them were my parents, who immigrated from Odesa, Ukraine, to the U.S. in the early ‘90s after the dissolution of the USSR.
—Rachel Sonis, TIME, 18 Oct. 2024
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Hanna Kang, Orange County Register, 5 Nov. 2024
The movies include the story of a Saudi girl and her Sudanese driver who form a friendship, a look at a Bedouin family’s life in the middle of the desert, and the journey of a couple from rural Egypt who immigrate to New York in search of a cure for their infertility.
—Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Nov. 2024
On a trip to Haiti in 2014, many years after her previous visit, Morisseau was joined by her father, who had immigrated to the U.S. as a young child.
—Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2024
Among them were my parents, who immigrated from Odesa, Ukraine, to the U.S. in the early ‘90s after the dissolution of the USSR.
—Rachel Sonis, TIME, 18 Oct. 2024
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“Immigrate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/immigrate. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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immigrate
verb
im·mi·grate
ˈim-ə-ˌgrāt
immigrated; immigrating
: to come into a foreign country to live
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