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
Daniel Benaim,
Time,
18 May 2026
With Singapore restricting the number of expatriates, the UAE has also been a major beneficiary as some international banks relocate part of their operations.
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Vasuki Shastry,
Forbes.com,
10 May 2026
Melissa Hancock,
Fortune,
1 June 2026
This would be particularly true of a state-level wealth tax, since expatriating from one’s country is far more difficult than moving across state lines.
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Jared Walczak,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 Mar. 2026
Asaf Elia-Shalev,
Sun Sentinel,
4 May 2026
The expatriate population, which makes up roughly 90% of residents, watched Emirati armed forces—drawn entirely from the country's 10 percent native population—fight to protect them.
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Mina Al-Oraibi,
Time,
14 Apr. 2026
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Noun
Investors, executives, and expatriates—some of whom fled—felt vulnerable and uncertain.
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Daniel Benaim,
Time,
18 May 2026
With Singapore restricting the number of expatriates, the UAE has also been a major beneficiary as some international banks relocate part of their operations.
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Vasuki Shastry,
Forbes.com,
10 May 2026
Verb
However, the Iran conflict poses a longer-term threat to Dubai’s appeal to expatriate workers and firms looking to establish operations in the region which could deflate the real estate market.
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Melissa Hancock,
Fortune,
1 June 2026
This would be particularly true of a state-level wealth tax, since expatriating from one’s country is far more difficult than moving across state lines.
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Jared Walczak,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 Mar. 2026
Adjective
His post oversees seven Western states and one of the largest Israeli expatriate populations in the world.
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Asaf Elia-Shalev,
Sun Sentinel,
4 May 2026
The expatriate population, which makes up roughly 90% of residents, watched Emirati armed forces—drawn entirely from the country's 10 percent native population—fight to protect them.
—
Mina Al-Oraibi,
Time,
14 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for expatriate
Noun
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Court bars asylum claims before refugees enter US Alito wrote another decision June 25 for a 6-3 majority that allowed the administration to turn back refugees at the border.
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Cathryn Miller-Wilson is executive director of HIAS Pennsylvania, a refugee agency that serves about 6,000 clients a year.
Verb
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Nicaragua’s government has also imprisoned adversaries, religious leaders, journalists and more, then exiled them, stripping hundreds of their citizenship and possessions.
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Unmoored from the family unit, and inflated by success and ambition, she is left to roam the rainy hills like a beast that has exiled itself from conventional society.
Adjective
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The same goes for Senator Ted Cruz, who boasts about being the son of a Cuban immigrant despite his staunch conservative stance on immigrant rights and issues.
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The foundation was launched in 2016 by Ramona Landeros to assist laborers and immigrant communities dealing with food insecurity and other issues.
Verb
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Catlett was banished from the United States for what her art had to say.
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But being intellectually skeptical of something is not the same as banishing it from one’s existence.
Adjective
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Earlier this month, Anthropic disabled customer access to both Mythos and Fable to comply with the US government’s order to suspend all use by foreign nationals — including Anthropic employees themselves.
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Rothrock said there is no specific type of offender, such as a foreign visitor unaware of American laws.
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“Expatriate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expatriate. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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