How to Use diaspora in a Sentence

diaspora

noun
  • My hope is that the diaspora will come through when the time comes.
    — Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
  • His journey is one that many in the diaspora take.
    — Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 6 Feb. 2026
  • But not all of the diaspora have been snared for the national team.
    — Adam Leventhal, New York Times, 10 June 2026
  • Your diaspora is an asset, not a loss.
    — Sylvana Quader Sinha, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
  • Where is the outrage from the diaspora?
    — Abid Rahman, HollywoodReporter, 11 Aug. 2025
  • As a Black man born in the diaspora, our ground zero tends to be slavery.
    — Jevon Phillips, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2020
  • My stepfather, who raised me, lost his life and my mother was out in the diaspora.
    — Annabelle Timsit, The Atlantic, 25 July 2017
  • Other groups in the diaspora are also gearing up to do their part.
    — Grace White, Essence, 29 Oct. 2025
  • In sheer numbers, this is the largest diaspora in the long history of our species.
    — Paul Salopek, National Geographic, 17 July 2019
  • Part of my mission was also to reach out to the Afghan diaspora.
    — Davood Moradian, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2026
  • On the island and among its diaspora, news of her death drew mixed reactions.
    — Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 27 Oct. 2022
  • There seems to be a lot more space within the diaspora there, much more than in Europe.
    — Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 29 Feb. 2024
  • These are shows that have employed many men and women in the Asian diaspora for many years.
    — H. Alan Scott, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 May 2025
  • Both broke new ground for female writers in the region and the diaspora.
    — Anderson Tepper, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2022
  • What did the children of the diaspora know about the mixture of local wild herbs called za’atar?
    — Saki Knafo, Smithsonian, 5 May 2017
  • But it has also been embraced by many Jews in the diaspora.
    — Joshua Shanes, The Conversation, 11 Dec. 2025
  • Over the past three years, the war’s tensions have also spilled over into the diaspora.
    — Ayen Deng Bior, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Mar. 2024
  • To the diaspora, secondhand clothes are much more than an act of goodwill.
    — Sydney Clarke, refinery29.com, 22 Apr. 2021
  • United’s diaspora among the fanbase is a plus, too.
    — Andy Mitten, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
  • The Black diaspora having fun with the clothes and the fashion.
    — Alamin Yohannes, EW.com, 15 Dec. 2022
  • Gul learned what Uyghurs in the diaspora were saying and doing.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 4 May 2021
  • Out of the guilt and confusion of this moment, many in the diaspora are searching for ways to help.
    — Prachi Gupta, The Atlantic, 1 May 2021
  • Most Jews in the diaspora, though, did not yet see Israel’s fate as bound up with their own.
    — Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
  • For members of the Darpa diaspora, who have been in the trenches longer than most, much work still lies ahead.
    — Dana Hull, Bloomberg.com, 30 Oct. 2017
  • Cape Verde’s diaspora is a central part of the team’s success.
    — Nicolas Villamil, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 June 2026
  • The power of the diaspora is the story of the World Cup so far.
    — Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 20 June 2026
  • The flag was meant to mobilize and unite all of the people of the African diaspora.
    — Shantay Robinson, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 July 2022
  • Most of his content comes from a hyper-niche awareness that comes with being a part of the wide-scale diaspora.
    — Ana Escalante, Glamour, 21 Sep. 2022
  • Stupak is part of an army of helpers that the Ukrainian diaspora has rallied.
    — The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2022
  • Part of this is thanks to the ripple effect of the Filipino diaspora.
    — Jasmine Ting, Bon Appétit, 7 Apr. 2021

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