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When Backx moved to Singapore, in 2013, receiving an invite to join a WhatsApp group for expats proved to be a moment of acceptance.
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Sam Knight, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026
Perhaps season two will tell us more about the tastes of the Russian turned potential Canadian expat.
—Lauren Arzbaecher, Architectural Digest, 12 Jan. 2026
Bali, Indonesia Bali has the wellness culture, beautiful views and a big expat community, all at reasonable prices.
—Taylor Haught, Sacbee.com, 5 Jan. 2026
Pro-democracy residents in Venezuela and expats from the country who fled to Florida are among those celebrating the United States’s capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
—Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 3 Jan. 2026
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Sam Knight, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026
Perhaps season two will tell us more about the tastes of the Russian turned potential Canadian expat.
—Lauren Arzbaecher, Architectural Digest, 12 Jan. 2026
Bali, Indonesia Bali has the wellness culture, beautiful views and a big expat community, all at reasonable prices.
—Taylor Haught, Sacbee.com, 5 Jan. 2026
Pro-democracy residents in Venezuela and expats from the country who fled to Florida are among those celebrating the United States’s capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
—Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 3 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for expat
refugee
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Lots of small, family-owned and run Vietnamese and Vietnamese-Chinese refugee businesses there, alongside a long-standing Greek restaurant and a German restaurant with an urban legend about being haunted, and now, some Latinx businesses, a Jamaican restaurant, a Somali restaurant.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
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Turkish officials have expressed concern that intervention in Iran could spark instability or trigger a refugee influx.—
Jon Gambrell,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Jan. 2026
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“Expat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expat. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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