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Recent Examples of expats
While countries such as Saudi Arabia, Iran and China are notable culprits, India is becoming notorious as one of the only democracies engaging in acts of aggression against Indian expats.
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Mohammed Jawad, Mercury News, 28 Oct. 2025
Chrishan Wright, founder of Blaxit Global and host of the Blaxit Global Podcast, coaches aspiring expats to know their numbers.
—Essence, 23 Oct. 2025
Community, connection—and growth Despite some frustrations, most expats fall hard for Greece’s philoxenia—its culture of warmth and welcome.
—Meagan Drillinger, AFAR Media, 23 Oct. 2025
The factors that influence GDP growth are labor and productivity, and the Gulf already has an edge in finding workers — both expats and a young local population.
—Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 9 Oct. 2025
In Spain, expats love the weather, culture and nightlife, and opportunities for recreational sports with each ranking first in their respective categories.
—Katie Nadworny, Travel + Leisure, 1 Oct. 2025
That’s according to a recent InterNations Expat Insider survey that considered 46 destinations around the globe, across five topical categories to determine the final ranking of the best countries in the world for expats in 2025.
—Celia Fernandez, CNBC, 23 Sep. 2025
Rafael Pineyro, a Republican city councilman in Doral, home to a large concentration of Venezuelan expats, agreed that frustrations are waning.
—Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 22 Sep. 2025
There’s an unspoken rule among Koh Sang’s community of expats, known as the Permanents, not to pry into anybody’s past.
—Calum Marsh, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
Mohammed Jawad, Mercury News, 28 Oct. 2025
Chrishan Wright, founder of Blaxit Global and host of the Blaxit Global Podcast, coaches aspiring expats to know their numbers.
—Essence, 23 Oct. 2025
Community, connection—and growth Despite some frustrations, most expats fall hard for Greece’s philoxenia—its culture of warmth and welcome.
—Meagan Drillinger, AFAR Media, 23 Oct. 2025
The factors that influence GDP growth are labor and productivity, and the Gulf already has an edge in finding workers — both expats and a young local population.
—Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 9 Oct. 2025
In Spain, expats love the weather, culture and nightlife, and opportunities for recreational sports with each ranking first in their respective categories.
—Katie Nadworny, Travel + Leisure, 1 Oct. 2025
That’s according to a recent InterNations Expat Insider survey that considered 46 destinations around the globe, across five topical categories to determine the final ranking of the best countries in the world for expats in 2025.
—Celia Fernandez, CNBC, 23 Sep. 2025
Rafael Pineyro, a Republican city councilman in Doral, home to a large concentration of Venezuelan expats, agreed that frustrations are waning.
—Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 22 Sep. 2025
There’s an unspoken rule among Koh Sang’s community of expats, known as the Permanents, not to pry into anybody’s past.
—Calum Marsh, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for expats
refugees
Noun
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More than 150,000 new Rohingya refugees have arrived in the camps in the past two years, UNHCR says, straining the tight resources.—
Rebecca Wright,
CNN Money,
25 Oct. 2025
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Afghan refugees like him await their asylum decisions in an increasingly hostile climate marked by ICE raids and deportations.—
Vidushi Mishti Sharma,
Rolling Stone,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Expats.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expats. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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