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 Kelsey’s view Kuwait offers the most dramatic example of the tensions facing expat workers and their employers in Gulf countries as the US-Israeli war on Iran continues. —

Kelsey Warner, semafor.com, 12 Mar. 2026 On Instagram, a reality-TV expat couple looks to be living their best South Florida lives, hanging at The Breakers in Palm Beach, dining in Miami’s Design District and shopping at Brickell City Centre. —

Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 12 Mar. 2026 That is what has inspired the optimism among the expat Venezuelans. —

Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 11 Mar. 2026 Local expat scenes and hot spots, because international competitions bring out the raging national pride in us all. —

Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 7 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for expat

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refugee

Noun

Blanchett will attend the event, hosted by The Traitors fan-favorite Claudia Winkleman, and will be recognized for her work with the Displacement Film Fund (DFF), an initiative supporting short films created by refugees and filmmakers living in displacement.

— Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 18 Mar. 2026
Burj al-Barajneh, a sprawling refugee camp, is home to upwards of 20,000 people, most of them Palestinian and Syrian.

— Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 16 Mar. 2026