expatriated

past tense of expatriate

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Recent Examples of expatriated By the early Aughts, Christopher Hitchens, Niall Ferguson, and many others had expatriated and joined America’s vast intellectual-industrial complex. Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 28 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for expatriated
Verb
  • This thriller centers on disgraced or damaged agents of Britain’s MI6 intelligence service who have been exiled to a remote Greek island.
    Monitor reviewers, Christian Science Monitor, 21 Aug. 2026
  • After British forces recaptured Delhi, much of the city was destroyed and the last Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar was exiled.
    Aishwarya Lakshmi, The Conversation, 18 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Plus a few other wackadoodles banished from labels, serving out their sentences in our nuthouse.
    Jeff Rabhan, Rolling Stone, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Ransoms were paid, with Carlos taking much of the $50 million himself, leading him to be banished from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.
    Air Mail, Air Mail, 1 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The group noted that more than 140,000 Haitians have been deported from neighboring countries, including the Dominican Republic, in the first half of the year alone.
    CBS News, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
  • At least one person was deported who wasn't supposed to be, emails showed.
    ABC News, ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • His main competition, the geriatric Aaron Jones, should be relegated to backup duty.
    Bill Reinhard, New York Daily News, 23 Aug. 2026
  • West Ham United, Burnley, and Wolverhampton Wanderers have been relegated to the second division.
    Jason Cohen, PC Magazine, 23 Aug. 2026

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“Expatriated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expatriated. Accessed 26 Aug. 2026.

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