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
Nabil Salih, Time, 4 Dec. 2025
With her crude French and slightly out-of-place mannerisms, Patricia is the young, beautiful American expatriate drawn to this wannabe gangster who idolizes Humphrey Bogart and yet seems so quintessentially French.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 4 Dec. 2025
Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Money, 26 May 2025
Some white religious groups believed these individuals could never be truly free in a segregated society, prompting them to support a movement for expatriating free Black people.
—Ines De La Cuetara, ABC News, 27 Feb. 2025
Maggie Doherty, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
Siddall was model, muse, pupil, collaborator, lover, and, for her last two years, wife to Rossetti, the son of an expatriate Dante scholar and brother to the famous poet Christina.
—Emily J. Orlando
october 1, Literary Hub, 1 Oct. 2025
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Noun
The recent census did not include expatriates but the decision is believed to affect millions of eligible voters living outside Iraq.
—Nabil Salih, Time, 4 Dec. 2025
With her crude French and slightly out-of-place mannerisms, Patricia is the young, beautiful American expatriate drawn to this wannabe gangster who idolizes Humphrey Bogart and yet seems so quintessentially French.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 4 Dec. 2025
Verb
He was born in Ethiopia’s capital city of Addis Ababa to expatriate Indian parents, who were both educators, and grew up there as the country was ruled by Emperor Haile Selassie.
—Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Money, 26 May 2025
Some white religious groups believed these individuals could never be truly free in a segregated society, prompting them to support a movement for expatriating free Black people.
—Ines De La Cuetara, ABC News, 27 Feb. 2025
Adjective
What is clear is that Matthiessen’s socializing with left-leaning French and expatriate artists served the deep state’s agenda.
—Maggie Doherty, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
Siddall was model, muse, pupil, collaborator, lover, and, for her last two years, wife to Rossetti, the son of an expatriate Dante scholar and brother to the famous poet Christina.
—Emily J. Orlando
october 1, Literary Hub, 1 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for expatriate
Noun
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Vietnamese refugees who arrived in the 1970s and 80s transformed a stretch of run-down shops into a vibrant commercial district, and their children entered Oklahoma’s mainstream as judges, physicians, attorneys and business owners.—
Ben Fenwick,
Oklahoma Watch,
18 Feb. 2026
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Biden-era sponsorship of immigrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela also allowed more legal immigrants, and Milwaukee in particular became a hub for Burmese refugees from Myanmar.—
Maia Pandey,
jsonline.com,
18 Feb. 2026
Verb
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When Mary won’t give up the baby, she’s disowned by patriarch Whitelaw (Ed Harris) and exiled to New Jersey from her family’s palatial Long Island estate.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
18 Feb. 2026
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Advertisement But pro-democracy figures have argued that local governance has grown increasingly aligned with the mainland as political dissidents have either been jailed or exiled, organizations have disbanded, and a free press dismantled.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
10 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Like Gu, both Liu and Kim were born in California to immigrant parents.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
19 Feb. 2026
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The award honors her work creating Colorado's first Spanish-language doula training program for immigrant families, helping address gaps in care that put Spanish-speaking and immigrant families at higher risk during pregnancy and childbirth.—
Jasmine Arenas,
CBS News,
18 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The law banished tests in Spanish and Creole.—
Howard Cohen,
Miami Herald,
20 Feb. 2026
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Anderson suspected Rausch was a traitor and conspired with Lipinski to gather votes to banish him.—
Bebe Hodges,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
20 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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People who import non-conforming foreign cars also must post bond and comply with other Transportation Department terms and conditions.—
Keith Laing,
USA Today,
20 Feb. 2026
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Among the deployers of foreign capital eager to invest in the boom years was the giant New York hedge fund Och-Ziff (since rebranded as Sculptor Capital).—
Nicolas Niarchos,
Vanity Fair,
20 Feb. 2026
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“Expatriate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expatriate. Accessed 26 Feb. 2026.
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