Thesaurus results for EXPAT

expat

noun

ˈeks-ˌpat

chiefly British

as in refugee

a person forced to emigrate for political reasons a network of expats in London keeps her from missing the family she left behind

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Recent Examples of expat Vandarpleog, an American expat in Japan, is lonely despite having lived in Tokyo for seven years. —

Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 17 Feb. 2026 This is true even of French expats. —

Hannah Seligson, Vanity Fair, 12 Feb. 2026 While many expat Brazilians traveled in groups based on their respective supporters groups, some fans came alone and soon made friends with strangers who shared the same passion for Corinthians. —

Theo Lloyd-Hughes, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2026 Ryan Gosling plays an American expat in Bangkok who gets in over his head with some local gangsters. —

Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for expat

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refugee

Noun

Shah Alam, a refugee from Myanmar, had spent much of the previous year in custody awaiting trial on criminal charges that were ultimately resolved with a misdemeanor plea deal, according to Reuters.

— Hanna Park, CNN Money, 26 Feb. 2026
Murphy’s guest to the rally was Fereshteh Ganjavi, the founder and executive director of Elena’s Light, a Connecticut nonprofit that supports refugee women.

— Lisa Hagen, Hartford Courant, 25 Feb. 2026