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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
But after the Clinton Administration dried up the supply of Cuban rafters with an order to repatriate any caught coming to the United States, Brothers started searching for a way to encourage unrest. — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 20 May 2026 All passengers on board the ship were screened for symptoms before being repatriated on special flights to their home countries, including 18 Americans who returned to the US, health officials said. — Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 May 2026 More flights are set to repatriate the other cruise ship passengers, and some of the ship’s crew, later today. — Vasco Cotovio, CNN Money, 10 May 2026 Maria van Kerkhove, the World Health Organization’s top epidemiologist, said that a number of other flights were expected to arrive Sunday, including ones to repatriate passengers to Turkey, the United Kingdom and Ireland. — Iain Sullivan, Fortune, 10 May 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
  • It’s loosely based on an actual Chilean colony where German expatriates tortured prisoners at the behest of General Pinochet.
    — Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 1 July 2026
  • The Gulf states are home to several million Indian and Pakistani expatriates, and the region supplies much of the oil and gas on which both nations depend.
    — Michael Kugelman, Time, 26 June 2026
Definition of expatriate
Verb
  • During first-half stoppage time, Mexicos’ César Montes received the ball inside the six-yard box, but Bellingham cleared what looked like a certain goal.
    — Eduard Cauich, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
  • Beneficiaries who were born from the first to the 10th day of their birth month are set to receive their monthly Social Security benefit on Wednesday, July 8, according to the SSA’s payment calendar.
    — Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 6 July 2026
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Noun
  • More than 1 million refugees who fled neighboring Myanmar live in camps in Bangladesh.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 July 2026
  • Mandazis, ginger rice congee and crispy lentil kofte can be found in a new cafe, run by the nonprofit organization MAKE Projects, which opened at the end of June with a mission to empower immigrant and refugee women.
    — Madeleine Kashkooli, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 July 2026
Definition of refugee
Verb
  • The Associated Press profiled the woman in 2024 as part of a story about how many international adoptees were left without citizenship because their American adoptive parents failed to naturalize them.
    — Claire Galofaro, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2026
  • After 1804, however, hundreds of white French people remained in Haiti and were naturalized as Haitian citizens, securing equal rights under Dessalines’ 1805 Haitian constitution.
    — Julia Gaffield, The Conversation, 15 June 2026
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  • 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
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  • Also, it should be noted that Barack Obama’s Democratic administration, not Trump’s, pioneered the modern policy of blocking asylum-seekers at the border, addressing a surge in Haitian migrants in 2016.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 13 July 2026
  • South Africa has removed more than 53,000 migrants over the last five weeks through deportations and repatriations following pressure from anti-migrant groups.
    — Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 13 July 2026
Definition of migrant
Noun
  • Often, he was told, immigrants aren’t given the chance to call family members before they’re released, and are dropped off at a nearby plaza, often with uncharged cellphones or no phone at all.
    — Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
  • The bill would allow for permanent protections, including a path to citizenship for Haitian immigrants.
    — Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 9 July 2026
Definition of immigrant
Noun
  • The book looked at the world of a swath of Irish women emigrants who were deemed troublemakers, highlighting that for a period of time, Irish women outnumbered Irish men in prison.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 30 June 2026
  • Perhaps as important as Morocco’s investment in nurturing domestic talent has been its improved efforts to scout and court eligible international talent —often the descendants of emigrants who have learned the game in world-class competitive environs elsewhere.
    — Dan Greene, New Yorker, 12 June 2026
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