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Recent Examples of repatriate
ABC News, 4 Mar. 2026
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said last week his country will not repatriate its citizens with links to Islamic State members.
—Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Money, 25 Feb. 2026
Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Wednesday reiterated his position announced a day earlier that his government would not help repatriate the latest group.
—Rod McGuirk, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2026
His client’s wish — to repatriate the objects and honor Thailand’s cultural heritage — rang always in his ears.
—Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 24 Jan. 2026
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Verb
Amid the travel chaos and with commercial flights limited, governments across the globe have been mounting emergency operations to try to repatriate their citizens.
—ABC News, 4 Mar. 2026
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said last week his country will not repatriate its citizens with links to Islamic State members.
—Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Money, 25 Feb. 2026
Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Wednesday reiterated his position announced a day earlier that his government would not help repatriate the latest group.
—Rod McGuirk, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2026
His client’s wish — to repatriate the objects and honor Thailand’s cultural heritage — rang always in his ears.
—Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 24 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for repatriate
Noun
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Flights in and out of the Middle East came to a near-complete stop, stranding residents, expatriates, and tourists alike, even as Iran struck the region’s most crowded cities and luxury hotels.—
Britannica Editors,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
31 Mar. 2026
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Mettler-Toledo, which manufactures lab instruments and weighing technology, provides school expenses as part of its expatriate and international benefits package for some senior execs.—
Jim Edwards,
Fortune,
19 Mar. 2026
Verb
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After the monthslong delay, attorneys sent the government a letter in February and prompted them to allow the father to receive appointments for a fingerprinting background check, a home visit and a DNA test.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
5 Apr. 2026
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Carson Pickett received the ball in that area in the 67th minute and rifled a shot wide.—
Braidon Nourse,
Denver Post,
5 Apr. 2026
Noun
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If the United States wants a safe, orderly refugee system, the answer is not collective blame, but sustained investment in policies that provide security, dignity and successful integration.—
Sediqa Fahimi,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Apr. 2026
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Stories abound in every survivor of the Rwandan genocide, every Hmong refugee who fled the Laotian Civil War, every Iranian trying to protect their families from American missiles.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Many wanted to partake in this life (preferably on the inside of the buildings), and some prominent influencers—such as the manosphere’s high priest of misogyny and homosociality, Andrew Tate—have moved here and seem ready to naturalize.—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
15 Mar. 2026
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Ghazali first entered the U.S. in 2011 and was later naturalized into a U.S. citizen in 2016 during the Obama administration, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) told Fox News.—
Alexandra Koch , Efrat Lachter , Michael Ruiz , Bill Melugin,
FOXNews.com,
12 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Costa Rica received two planeloads of 200 deportees from the United States and sent them to detention centers.—
George Packer,
The Atlantic,
24 Mar. 2026
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The largest group of such deportees: immigrants from Cuba.—
Kate Linthicum,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Researchers speculate that the builders may have been strangers to the area—possibly migrants from what is now Latvia, whose low rampart structures are similar to this one—who found themselves in conflict with local communities.—
Anne Doran,
ARTnews.com,
8 Apr. 2026
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The tiny island of Lampedusa is the main entry point to Europe for migrants crossing the Mediterranean Sea from North Africa, with thousands dying during the perilous journey.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
7 Apr. 2026
Noun
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LoRe, a Sicilian immigrant, had spent most of his life working as a butcher in New York City and running a shop there before relocating to the Charlotte area.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
7 Apr. 2026
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This year, only 16% of immigrants who applied to diagnostic radiology programs secured a spot.—
Michal Ruprecht,
CNN Money,
7 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The share of emigrants from ages 20 to 24 has doubled during Orbán’s time in office.—
Isaac Stanley-Becker,
The Atlantic,
10 Apr. 2026
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In the ‘70s and ‘80s, large numbers of Laotian and Hmong emigrants arrived, fleeing the persecution that followed the Vietnam War.—
David Farley,
Condé Nast Traveler,
30 Mar. 2026
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“Repatriate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repatriate. Accessed 12 Apr. 2026.
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