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According to InterNation’s 2025 Expat Insider study, which was based on feedback from over 10,000 expats living in 46 countries, Spain comes out as the top location for the best quality of life category.
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Taryn White, Travel + Leisure, 15 Apr. 2026
That doesn't necessarily mean that there won't be fans of those teams at their games, because there are, of course, big expat communities across the US and in other countries.
—Dana Taylor, USA Today, 8 Apr. 2026
And while Lapid has embedded political perspectives and critiques in everything from his extraordinary 2011 debut Policeman to his 2019 portrait of an expat, Synonyms, this work feels different, more pointed, far more angry.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 28 Mar. 2026
An American expat who has fully embraced British eccentricity and emotional opacity, Kimi Murdoch could be a Toni Collette character.
—Judy Berman, Time, 27 Mar. 2026
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Taryn White, Travel + Leisure, 15 Apr. 2026
That doesn't necessarily mean that there won't be fans of those teams at their games, because there are, of course, big expat communities across the US and in other countries.
—Dana Taylor, USA Today, 8 Apr. 2026
And while Lapid has embedded political perspectives and critiques in everything from his extraordinary 2011 debut Policeman to his 2019 portrait of an expat, Synonyms, this work feels different, more pointed, far more angry.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 28 Mar. 2026
An American expat who has fully embraced British eccentricity and emotional opacity, Kimi Murdoch could be a Toni Collette character.
—Judy Berman, Time, 27 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for expat
refugee
Noun
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Born in London to Hungarian refugees who fled their homeland during the 1956 revolution, Hilton grew up in a household without much money.—
National Correspondent,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Apr. 2026
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Fort Worth school district’s Board of Managers will vote on whether to close International Newcomers Academy — a sixth-through-ninth-grade school that offers specialized academic instruction for refugees and immigrants — during a board meeting Tuesday, April 28.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
22 Apr. 2026
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