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American expat Rosie O’Donnell claims President Trump rigged the 2024 election.
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Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 13 May 2025
The good news is that the IRS allows U.S. expats to request a further extension to October 15 by filingForm 4868.
—Nathalie Goldstein, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
Getty Images Denmark is also the No. 1 country where expats are most satisfied with their jobs, career opportunities, and work-life balance, according to a 2024 Expat Insider survey from InterNations, the online global community for people who’ve moved abroad.
—Celia Fernandez, CNBC, 29 May 2025
Most expats live worry-free lives in places like Penang and Langkawi.
Costa Rica, another hot spot for retirement, also appears on this list.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 27 May 2025
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Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 13 May 2025
The good news is that the IRS allows U.S. expats to request a further extension to October 15 by filingForm 4868.
—Nathalie Goldstein, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
Getty Images Denmark is also the No. 1 country where expats are most satisfied with their jobs, career opportunities, and work-life balance, according to a 2024 Expat Insider survey from InterNations, the online global community for people who’ve moved abroad.
—Celia Fernandez, CNBC, 29 May 2025
Most expats live worry-free lives in places like Penang and Langkawi.
Costa Rica, another hot spot for retirement, also appears on this list.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 27 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for expat
refugee
Noun
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The community swelled before, during, and immediately after World War II, thanks to the arrival of Jewish refugees from Eastern Europe, reaching a peak in the 1950s of more than 1,500 members.—
Rosario Del Valle,
Sun Sentinel,
3 June 2025
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Nawrocki, 42, a newcomer to politics who previously ran a national remembrance institute, campaigned on a promise to ensure economic and social policies favour Poles over other nationalities, including refugees from neighbouring Ukraine.—
Anna Magdalena Lubowicka,
USA Today,
3 June 2025
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“Expat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expat. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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