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verb

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Recent Examples of repatriate
Verb
Julia is planned to be repatriated to Poland, where the young girl and her parents were originally from, according to Dublin Live. Sean Neumann, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025 The other four – from Cuba, Laos, Vietnam and Yemen – are still being held in detention there while efforts to repatriate them are ongoing, Eswatini’s government said. CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2025 The Mexican Consulate in Chicago told NBC News in a statement that the Villegas González’s family had requested their assistance and support to repatriate his remains to Michoacán. Nicole Acevedo, NBC news, 18 Sep. 2025 And 70% of those executives cite the need to repatriate at least some of their applications and data on-premises. Patrick Moorhead, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for repatriate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for repatriate
Noun
  • Corcoran designs greeting cards, prints and notepads in a style that is nostalgic for expatriates, said Crawford, whose mother is an expat.
    Mars King, Twin Cities, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Prior to checking in at the guesthouse, Mangione met a Japanese professional poker player at dinner in Tokyo in February and chatted with two American expatriates in Bangkok in March, The New York Times reported.
    Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Veterans with a valid military ID can receive a free Egg McMuffin meal, which includes a hash brown and any size soft drink, tea or coffee.
    Cheryl V. Jackson, Louisville Courier Journal, 11 Nov. 2025
  • All the plaintiffs received their official retirement orders the following month.
    Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA Today, 11 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • For Native people, the war marked a dangerous fork in the road, stirring famine, spurring a massive refugee crisis, and permanently shifting the balance of power in the heart of the continent.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Nov. 2025
  • There were just over 100,000 refugees and asylum-seekers registered in Libya as of October.
    Mick Krever, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Unfortunately, many of these newcomers have been naturalized.
    Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 24 Oct. 2025
  • He was naturalized as a U.S. citizen in 2018. has contacted Mamdani for comment via email.
    Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Some of the poorest countries will make deals—for instance, by providing the United States with preferred access to their resources or serving as destinations for U.S. deportees.
    Adam S. Posen, Foreign Affairs, 19 Aug. 2025
  • But the reality is that deportees' experience of building a life in Mexico can vary dramatically, depending on their earning capacity, language and cultural skills, and other factors, said Israel Ibarra González, a professor of migration studies at Mexico's Colegio de la Frontera Norte university.
    Lauren Villagran, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Once the boat was loaded, the man in the white T-shirt waved his arms like a bandleader, leading the migrants in a chant for one of his TikTok promo videos.
    Daniel Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Levine said such motions should be granted if there is a change in the individual migrant's case, not a change in immigration policy.
    Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 6 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • An immigrant from Uganda with Indian parents born in their homeland, he was first raised in post-apartheid Cape Town, South Africa, before his family settled in New York City.
    Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Many rank-and-file enlistees were also recent immigrants, and patriot regiments hummed with a cacophony of different tongues, accents, and dialects throughout the war.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • But while many Israeli emigrants have embarked on new lives in Cyprus, Canada and Thailand, according to DellaPergola’s analysis, few are prepared to speak publicly, citing a mistrust of the media and fear of anti-Israel sentiment.
    Lianne Kolirin, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2025
  • An article in The Guardian in May 2025 reported that a record number of emigrants left New Zealand in 2023 and 2024.
    Alex Ledsom, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025

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“Repatriate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repatriate. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.

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