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In March, a Turkish expat in Montevideo, Uruguay, spotted that unmistakable baby face recklessly driving a brand-new white Ferrari and caught him on a cell phone video.
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Moisés Naím, Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2025
Chrishan Wright, founder of Blaxit Global and host of the Blaxit Global Podcast, coaches aspiring expats to know their numbers.
—Essence, 23 Oct. 2025
Community, connection—and growth Despite some frustrations, most expats fall hard for Greece’s philoxenia—its culture of warmth and welcome.
—Meagan Drillinger, AFAR Media, 23 Oct. 2025
While some areas are riskier than others, especially remote regions, most of the popular tourist and expat areas are relatively safe to go to, USA TODAY previously reported.
—Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 20 Oct. 2025
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Moisés Naím, Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2025
Chrishan Wright, founder of Blaxit Global and host of the Blaxit Global Podcast, coaches aspiring expats to know their numbers.
—Essence, 23 Oct. 2025
Community, connection—and growth Despite some frustrations, most expats fall hard for Greece’s philoxenia—its culture of warmth and welcome.
—Meagan Drillinger, AFAR Media, 23 Oct. 2025
While some areas are riskier than others, especially remote regions, most of the popular tourist and expat areas are relatively safe to go to, USA TODAY previously reported.
—Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 20 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for expat
refugee
Noun
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For Native people, the war marked a dangerous fork in the road, stirring famine, spurring a massive refugee crisis, and permanently shifting the balance of power in the heart of the continent.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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There were just over 100,000 refugees and asylum-seekers registered in Libya as of October.—
Mick Krever,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Expat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expat. Accessed 23 Nov. 2025.
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