as in to exile
to force to leave a country
members of the deposed dictator's once-feared political party were expatriated as well
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Recent Examples of expatriate
Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 11 Apr. 2025
Cities with a strong expatriate community or business hubs often offer high rental yields.
—Stephen Akintayo, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Madeline Fitzgerald, Quartz, 3 Mar. 2025
Artist Moses Jacob Ezekiel, an American expatriate in Rome, was handpicked in the late 1870s by Corcoran to sculpt this prestigious commission.
—Samantha Baskind, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 May 2025
Virginia La Torre Jeker, J.d., Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
And some plan to expatriate to a nation with a friendlier tax code.
—Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 19 Mar. 2024
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Noun
Wiley, especially, emphasized the expatriate community her shop serves with its array of European chocolates, cheeses and candies and other foods.
—Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 11 Apr. 2025
Cities with a strong expatriate community or business hubs often offer high rental yields.
—Stephen Akintayo, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Verb
Like all immigrants and expatriates, the people seeking golden visas are motivated by a variety of factors.
—Madeline Fitzgerald, Quartz, 3 Mar. 2025
Artist Moses Jacob Ezekiel, an American expatriate in Rome, was handpicked in the late 1870s by Corcoran to sculpt this prestigious commission.
—Samantha Baskind, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 May 2025
Adjective
Right to Expatriate Ver’s legal team also argues that the exit tax is an unconstitutional burden on the fundamental right to expatriate.
—Virginia La Torre Jeker, J.d., Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
And some plan to expatriate to a nation with a friendlier tax code.
—Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 19 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for expatriate
Noun
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In Gaza, Afghanistan, Ukraine, Mozambique, in the blink of an eye, midwives, shrinks, programs for survivors and essential services in refugee camps were gone.—
Isabelle Mayault,
The Dial,
8 July 2025
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In March, the Charlotte Center for Legal Advocacy announced the cancellation of a $230,000 contract for refugee resettlement, placing critical programs in jeopardy.—
Lila Hempel-Edgers
July 8,
Charlotte Observer,
8 July 2025
Verb
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And what of Matthias Schoenaerts’ Booker, who was exiled for betraying the Old Guard as part of a bid to cure his eternality?—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
2 July 2025
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Jorge Mas Canosa, the father of David Beckham’s co-owners at Inter Miami, Jorge and Jose, was one of many who exiled from Cuba after the rise of Fidel Castro.—
James Horncastle,
New York Times,
28 June 2025
Verb
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Vera, the daughter of a Russian father and Korean mother, may be banished to second-class citizenry.—
Mark Athitakis,
Los Angeles Times,
3 July 2025
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During those frenzied years in the 1960s and 1970s, authorities banished Xi from the capital and subjected him to solitary confinement and physical abuse.—
JOSEPH TORIGIAN,
Foreign Affairs,
23 June 2025
Adjective
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Leão also holds a master's degree in communications and a post-grad degree in foreign relations.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 July 2025
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Thus, if domestic rights are licensed to one distributor and foreign rights are license to another, the IRS may take the position that neither distributor is entitled to the deduction.—
Schuyler Moore,
Forbes.com,
10 July 2025
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“Expatriate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expatriate. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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