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Recent Examples of repatriate
Verb
Some of the remains repatriated Tuesday were removed during archeological digs which took place several years after the federal law requiring the return of remains to tribal nations had been passed. Melissa Olson, Twin Cities, 14 Sep. 2025 Substantial evidence suggests that many TPS holders would face severe consequences if repatriated. Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2025 More than 250 Venezuelans were repatriated following detention in the same Salvadoran prison that housed Abrego Garcia. Scott Neuman, NPR, 27 Aug. 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
  • The social-media ban cut off many of these expatriates from their families.
    Kapil Komireddi, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
  • While Kitsch is terrific as Edwards, the show’s dark horse is Tom Hopper, who plays Navy SEAL Lieutenant, Raife Hastings, a Rhodesian expatriate.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Greenbergs were also to receive a monetary payment as part of the settlement, although Philadelphia city officials did not admit liability.
    Brandon Griggs, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
  • The more carp taken, the more tickets one receives.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The latter clause — the principle that Palestinian refugees and their descendants have a right to return to land that became Israel — is not explicitly mentioned in the boycott literature on the FWP website.
    Jake Kanter, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Coverage would be restored to asylum seekers, refugees, people on work visas and students.
    Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • These bulbs form clumps that quickly naturalize in woodland gardens or lawns.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Advisors, especially immigration advisors, should make sure that naturalized citizens and those seeking citizenship are made aware of the connection between denaturalization and the expatriation tax regime, including the exit tax.
    Virginia La Torre Jeker, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 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
  • From migrants and colonizers to gossip and war, Emily Wilson examines The Aeneid and its relevance to the modern world.
    tumblr.com, tumblr.com, 11 Oct. 2025
  • The uptick in confrontations comes as the administration increases its efforts to deport millions of undocumented migrants, an approach critics say has led to aggressive enforcement tactics, due process violations and the mistreatment of migrants.
    Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Interviews with Venezuelan immigrants were conducted in Spanish.
    Melissa Sanchez, ProPublica, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Six years later, he was assigned to be a pastor at a church in Bay Ridge, where the pews, once occupied by Norwegian immigrants, were filling up with Arab Christians, many of them Palestinian exiles.
    Eric Lach, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 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 16 Oct. 2025.

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