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repatriate 1 of 2

noun

Definition of repatriatenext
as in expatriate

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verb

as in to receive

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Recent Examples of repatriate
Verb
Exchange Houses There are a number of exchange houses in countries such as the United Arab Emirates that help Iran repatriate funds. — Magdalena Del Valle, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2026 After years of Europe advocating for more digital sovereignty, there’s a newfound sense of urgency to repatriate key services long outsourced to US companies. — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 28 July 2026 That closes a three-month international saga that left scores of people stranded aboard the ship for weeks and spawned a complex multinational effort to repatriate the passengers, including one of the largest quarantine operations in recent memory. — Editorial Board, Washington Post, 16 July 2026 His family in Colombia, meanwhile, has begun the process to repatriate his body. — Maria Santana, CNN Money, 15 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for repatriate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for repatriate
  1. expatriate
  2. receive
  3. refugee
  4. naturalize
  5. deportee
  6. migrant
  7. immigrant
  8. emigrant
Noun
  • With expatriates making up nearly 90% of the UAE’s population, remittances are a prize worth billions.
    — Manal Albarakati, semafor.com, 24 Sep. 2026
  • First published by Scribner in 1926, The Sun Also Rises follows American journalist Jake Barnes and a circle of expatriates traveling from Paris to Pamplona in the years following the First World War.
    — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of expatriate
Verb
  • And childhood vaccines do more than protect the child receiving them.
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Leaders may consider repurposing these existing tools around the patient data that already exists to help ensure the guidance clinicians receive feels timely and relevant rather than generic.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of receive
Noun
  • After war broke out over religious and political differences in 1642, people had to flee when their villages became war zones, while other places were filled with desperate refugees.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Nguyen, the daughter of Vietnamese refugees, has lived in Sacramento nearly all her life.
    — Sofia Williams, Sacbee.com, 27 Sep. 2026
Definition of refugee
Verb
  • For example, Social Security's citizenship data often isn't updated when people naturalize, and the SAVE data system, operated by USCIS, frequently doesn't include records for people who became citizens as minors when their parents naturalized.
    — Jude Joffe-Block, NPR, 3 Sep. 2026
  • The plants are also known for their ability to multiply and naturalize.
    — Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of naturalize
Noun
  • In December, the show, at Weiss’ direction, held off at the last minute showing Alfonsi’s report about the deportees, saying greater effort was needed to secure an interview with administration officials.
    — Jocelyn Noveck, Fortune, 29 May 2026
  • The money was meant to be used to ensure deportees were housed in conditions that meet basic humanitarian needs, but, according to the source, there was no oversight or transparency about how that money was used after it was sent.
    — David Gilbert, Wired News, 27 May 2026
Definition of deportee
Noun
  • She was denied asylum under a Biden-era border policy that restricted eligibility for many migrants who crossed the southern border outside official pathways.
    — Mick Krever, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Flores, a political newcomer, made his first national appearance at the Republican National Committee’s midterm convention in Dallas, touting his commitment to border security and accusing Gonzalez of allowing migrants to make the community unsafe.
    — Christopher Buchanan, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of migrant
Noun
  • Mamadou Sidibé stars as Malik, a young African immigrant, who must try to survive after being incarcerated for drug smuggling.
    — Carole Horst, Variety, 24 Sep. 2026
  • But rather than succumbing to any one style, Lam developed a unique voice shaped by surrealism, cubism and his heritage as the son of a Chinese immigrant father and a mixed-race mother.
    — Jane Wooldridge, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of immigrant
Noun
  • Baksheng leaves behind a family and then creates a new one with other Teochew emigrants at an inn run by a feminist daughter, Zia Lamgi (Li Sitong) who dodges a revolving door of suitors.
    — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 3 Sep. 2026
  • The decision could have broad implications for descendants of Italian emigrants, particularly in North and South America, where large Italian diaspora communities have ancestral ties to Italy.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 July 2026
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“Repatriate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repatriate. Accessed 30 Sep. 2026.

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