expatriated

past tense of expatriate

Example Sentences

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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
  • The celebrity kingmaker had finally been officially exiled from the royal court.
    — Lindsey Weber, Vanity Fair, 28 Sep. 2026
  • The outlet notes that at the same referendum, male heirs of Italy’s last king (aka sons of the Savoy family) were exiled and barred from ever entering the country.
    — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 20 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • After he is banished, a magical bracelet carries her across worlds and parallel space-times on a journey to reclaim her dreams and her lost love.
    — Emiliano de Pablos, Variety, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Now, after King Charles stripped her and Andrew of the titles of Duke and Duchess of York and banished them from Royal Lodge, Fergie is reportedly seeking a face-to-face meeting with Charles.
    — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 21 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The arrangements have drawn mounting scrutiny, most recently after migrants deported to Equatorial Guinea were held at gunpoint and beaten.
    — Adrian Elimian, semafor.com, 2 Oct. 2026
  • At a status hearing Wednesday, Taurel pressed the judge to specify that Sarsour can only be deported to Israel or the Palestinian territories.
    — Cybele Mayes-Osterman, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • This is not something that’s relegated to a few institutions.
    — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The medical procedures to carry out the injections are therefore relegated to untrained staff, according to editorial in PLoS Medicine.
    — Allen Chang, ABC News, 1 Oct. 2026

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“Expatriated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expatriated. Accessed 5 Oct. 2026.

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