self-exiled
adjective
self-ex·iled
ˌself-ˈeg-ˌzī(-ə)ld 
-ˈek-ˌsī(-ə)ld
: exiled by one's own wish or decision
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Since an earlier, sweeping national security law was imposed by Beijing on the city in 2020, many politically engaged artists have either self-exiled abroad or stopped creating works that are overtly critical of China.
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Stephy Chung, CNN, 29 Mar. 2024
The dynamic between these young Russians and the Georgian cafe owner is playing out throughout the former Soviet satellites of the Caucasus and Central Asia, where many of nearly 1 million Russians have self-exiled.
—Anna Mulrine Grobe, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Sep. 2023
She was blamed for the infant’s death, served prison time and self-exiled to New Orleans.
—Tom Nolan, WSJ, 28 July 2023
Stephy Chung, CNN, 29 Mar. 2024
The dynamic between these young Russians and the Georgian cafe owner is playing out throughout the former Soviet satellites of the Caucasus and Central Asia, where many of nearly 1 million Russians have self-exiled.
—Anna Mulrine Grobe, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Sep. 2023
She was blamed for the infant’s death, served prison time and self-exiled to New Orleans.
—Tom Nolan, WSJ, 28 July 2023
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“Self-exiled.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/self-exiled. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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