embarkations

noun

plural of embarkation
as in emigrations

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  1. evacuations
  2. diasporas
  3. exoduses
  4. flights
Noun
  • Summit Fire evacuations An evacuation order and evacuation warnings are in effect for the Summit Fire.
    — Paris Barraza, USA Today, 10 July 2026
  • The fire has prompted numerous evacuations in the area, including the complete evacuation of the town of Eureka, which has a population of just over 600.
    — Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 23 June 2026
Definition of evacuations
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  • These countries also tend to receive enormous quantities of remittances from their diasporas.
    — Eghosa E. Osaghae, Foreign Affairs, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Yet today there are galuts within galuts; diasporas within diasporas.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 July 2026
Definition of diasporas
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  • The cities get quieter, the exoduses take place, and the publishing output slows to an almost complete halt.
    — Julia Hass, Literary Hub, 25 Nov. 2025
Definition of exoduses
Noun
  • On Wednesday, Steel suggested the text had nothing to do with the flights booked using one of his management company’s credit cards for the men charged as his co-defendants in the government’s first indictment.
    — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 26 Aug. 2026
  • On January 23rd, many of them temporarily disrupted the airport to protest deportation flights; about a hundred were arrested.
    — Bill McKibben, New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2026
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