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Recent Examples of expats
The country performs particularly well in personal finance, allowing expats to stretch their income further, and housing remains affordable and easy to find.
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Taryn White, Travel + Leisure, 19 May 2026
Countries Americans Are Moving To For Better Healthcare The countries below were selected based on recurring popularity among expats, remote workers and relocation experts, as well as factors including healthcare access, visa pathways, infrastructure, affordability and overall quality of life.
—Meggen Harris, Forbes.com, 16 May 2026
Hüller and her onscreen father Hanns Zischler brought a subtle but rewarding dynamic, as a family of expats traveling back to Germany to receive accolades for Zischler’s storied career.
—Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 14 May 2026
Facebook groups and other online communities have sprung up around shuffling, allowing expats navigating all sorts of situations to compare notes and share strategies.
—Carole Rosenblat, CNN Money, 12 May 2026
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
Do expats use the same IRS forms?
—Medora Lee, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2025
There are communities for Black expats and digital nomads, and Mexico offers a 39% lower cost of living than the United States.
—Essence, 1 Apr. 2025
Taryn White, Travel + Leisure, 19 May 2026
Countries Americans Are Moving To For Better Healthcare The countries below were selected based on recurring popularity among expats, remote workers and relocation experts, as well as factors including healthcare access, visa pathways, infrastructure, affordability and overall quality of life.
—Meggen Harris, Forbes.com, 16 May 2026
Hüller and her onscreen father Hanns Zischler brought a subtle but rewarding dynamic, as a family of expats traveling back to Germany to receive accolades for Zischler’s storied career.
—Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 14 May 2026
Facebook groups and other online communities have sprung up around shuffling, allowing expats navigating all sorts of situations to compare notes and share strategies.
—Carole Rosenblat, CNN Money, 12 May 2026
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
Do expats use the same IRS forms?
—Medora Lee, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2025
There are communities for Black expats and digital nomads, and Mexico offers a 39% lower cost of living than the United States.
—Essence, 1 Apr. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for expats
refugees
Noun
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Pakistan was left to deal with the fallout from the Afghan civil war that followed, which included accepting nearly four million Afghan refugees.—
Sudarsan Raghavan,
New Yorker,
3 June 2026
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As civilians of the surrounding areas become displaced by the Fire Nation, more and more refugees, including Zuko and Iroh, who’ve been living off the grid, make their way to the capital.—
Entertainment Weekly,
Entertainment Weekly,
3 June 2026
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“Expats.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expats. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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