as in refugee
a person forced to emigrate for political reasons the report said the evacuees would be placed in temporary shelters

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Recent Examples of evacuee Slower winds and cooler temperatures on Friday provided some reprieve for crews battling the Los Angeles-area wildfires as search teams looked for dozens of missing people and thousands of evacuees waited to reenter their homes. Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2025 With thousands of evacuees clamoring to return to the remains of their homes and more red-flag wind conditions in the forecast, many civic leaders in Los Angeles have reserved judgment. Shawn Hubler, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2025 When wildfires broke out in Los Angeles County last week, restaurants were quick to offer assistance to evacuees and first responders. Fielding Buck, Orange County Register, 15 Jan. 2025 The supervisors also voted to temporarily bar landlords in unincorporated parts of the county from evicting tenants who have evacuees — or their pets — staying with them in violation of their lease and to suspend some restrictions on short term rentals to ramp up available housing. Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for evacuee 

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“Evacuee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evacuee. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.

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