as in to exile
to force to leave a country
members of the deposed dictator's once-feared political party were expatriated as well
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Recent Examples of expatriate
Daniel Benaim,
Time,
18 May 2026
With Singapore restricting the number of expatriates, the UAE has also been a major beneficiary as some international banks relocate part of their operations.
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Vasuki Shastry,
Forbes.com,
10 May 2026
Kathleen Wong,
USA Today,
20 Oct. 2025
During the ensuing chaos that followed, Charles fled the country, secretly expatriating to Europe.
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Hazlitt,
18 June 2025
Asaf Elia-Shalev,
Sun Sentinel,
4 May 2026
The expatriate population, which makes up roughly 90% of residents, watched Emirati armed forces—drawn entirely from the country's 10 percent native population—fight to protect them.
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Mina Al-Oraibi,
Time,
14 Apr. 2026
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Noun
Investors, executives, and expatriates—some of whom fled—felt vulnerable and uncertain.
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Daniel Benaim,
Time,
18 May 2026
With Singapore restricting the number of expatriates, the UAE has also been a major beneficiary as some international banks relocate part of their operations.
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Vasuki Shastry,
Forbes.com,
10 May 2026
Verb
An August survey by Remitly found that having a better quality of life is the top reason Americans want to expatriate.
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Kathleen Wong,
USA Today,
20 Oct. 2025
During the ensuing chaos that followed, Charles fled the country, secretly expatriating to Europe.
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Hazlitt,
18 June 2025
Adjective
His post oversees seven Western states and one of the largest Israeli expatriate populations in the world.
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Asaf Elia-Shalev,
Sun Sentinel,
4 May 2026
The expatriate population, which makes up roughly 90% of residents, watched Emirati armed forces—drawn entirely from the country's 10 percent native population—fight to protect them.
—
Mina Al-Oraibi,
Time,
14 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for expatriate
Noun
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Carroz came to California as a Hmong refugee and earned a doctorate in education, equity and democracy from the University of California, Berkeley.
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The plot focuses on a young man named Yahya, who must travel from Mecca to Berlin for his father’s cancer treatment, confronting past traumas and finding refuge in an encounter with a Syrian refugee nurse.
Verb
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Nicaragua’s government has also imprisoned adversaries, religious leaders, journalists and more, then exiled them, stripping hundreds of their citizenship and possessions.
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Unmoored from the family unit, and inflated by success and ambition, she is left to roam the rainy hills like a beast that has exiled itself from conventional society.
Adjective
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The same goes for Senator Ted Cruz, who boasts about being the son of a Cuban immigrant despite his staunch conservative stance on immigrant rights and issues.
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The foundation was launched in 2016 by Ramona Landeros to assist laborers and immigrant communities dealing with food insecurity and other issues.
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Between the trauma his father inflicted on him, banishing him, calling him weak, giving him a scar and pitting him against his sister — along with his mother being taken — Zuko gives into his darker impulses.
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There’s no chance Cannes Lions will be the next one banished from the game if this year is anything to go by.
Adjective
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Earlier this month, Anthropic disabled customer access to both Mythos and Fable to comply with the US government’s order to suspend all use by foreign nationals — including Anthropic employees themselves.
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Rothrock said there is no specific type of offender, such as a foreign visitor unaware of American laws.
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“Expatriate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expatriate. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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