Example sentences for: foreign-born

How can you use “foreign-born” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Three of the 10 states with the highest poverty rates in 1994 were also among the states with the highest percentage of foreign-born residents - Texas (19%), California (18%), and New York (17%).

  • Based on a review of relevant literature, we hypothesized that uncompensated hospital care would be more prevalent in states with lower rates of health insurance coverage, higher percentages of foreign-born residents (used to approximate the population of interest affected by PRWORA), higher rates of poverty, and greater percentages of teaching hospitals [ 22 23 24 25 26 ] . We outline the limitations of available data and discuss what information is needed to accurately estimate the outcome of interest.

  • Males must obtain government approval to marry foreign-born women.

  • In national security circles, however, only smuggling of weapons of mass destruction carried weight, not the entry of terrorists who might use such weapons or the presence of associated foreign-born terrorists.

  • In New York, for example, where more than half the city's current population is foreign-born, immigrants have helped renew neighborhoods: Koreans and Chinese have revitalized Flushing, Queens; as have Russian Jews Brighton Beach; Caribbeans Flatbush; and Dominicans and Irish Washington Heights.


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