Thesaurus results for DEPORTEE

deportee

noun

ˌdē-ˌpȯr-ˈtē

as in refugee

a person forced to emigrate for political reasons the deportee vowed that he would someday return to a liberated nation

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Recent Examples of deportee Two of the deportees said they hadn't been vaccinated against yellow fever before being expelled from the U.S. —

Emmet Livingstone, NPR, 28 Apr. 2026 The first flight of U.S. deportees arrived in Congo on April 16 and appears to be the same flight Yugar-Cruz was scheduled to be on. —

Clark Kauffman, Iowa Capital Dispatch, 25 Apr. 2026 The aid group also helps deportees returned from the neighboring Dominican Republic and the Caribbean, which are adding to the strain. —

Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 14 Apr. 2026 In five cases, relatives knew the deportees' whereabouts through litigation at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. —

CBS News, 17 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for deportee

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refugee

Noun

Pakistan was left to deal with the fallout from the Afghan civil war that followed, which included accepting nearly four million Afghan refugees.

— Sudarsan Raghavan, New Yorker, 3 June 2026
Viewers have already seen glimpses of the premiere, which involves Aang and Katara subduing a sea serpent while guiding refugees across a treacherous path.

— Entertainment Weekly, Entertainment Weekly, 3 June 2026