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Recent Examples of repatriate
David McWilliams, Time, 9 Apr. 2025
On Saturday, Venezuela’s special envoy for peace talks, Jorge Rodríguez Gómez, announced an agreement with the US to repatriate Venezuelans detained in the US back to Venezuela.
—Merlin Delcid, CNN, 23 Mar. 2025
In some cases, the Met has arranged to retain items that authorities identified as looted, such as the Etruscan carvings, after negotiating a loan agreement with the country to which they were repatriated.
—Graham Bowley, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2025
In response to the audit, UC President Dr. Michael Drake said the university system is committed to repatriating ancestral remains.
—William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 16 Apr. 2025
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Verb
What if European savers, depicted by MAGA evangelists as rich and degenerate progressives, sold American assets and repatriated their savings?
—David McWilliams, Time, 9 Apr. 2025
On Saturday, Venezuela’s special envoy for peace talks, Jorge Rodríguez Gómez, announced an agreement with the US to repatriate Venezuelans detained in the US back to Venezuela.
—Merlin Delcid, CNN, 23 Mar. 2025
In some cases, the Met has arranged to retain items that authorities identified as looted, such as the Etruscan carvings, after negotiating a loan agreement with the country to which they were repatriated.
—Graham Bowley, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2025
In response to the audit, UC President Dr. Michael Drake said the university system is committed to repatriating ancestral remains.
—William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 16 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for repatriate
Noun
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Speaking virtually no English at the time, Mr. Kanevsky joined a community of Ukrainian expatriates who had settled in and around Hoboken, N.J.—
Guy Trebay,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2025
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Dynastic planning should ideally incorporate sufficient flexibility to ensure any irrevocable trust structures do not implicate foreign trust tax and administrative burdens especially when those benefiting from the trusts obtain multiple citizenships, change residencies, or expatriate.—
Priya Prakash Royal Esq. LL.M. MBA AEP TEP,
Forbes.com,
1 May 2025
Verb
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What other big inmate escapes received national attention?—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
18 May 2025
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The movie received mostly negative reviews, but is still the highest-earning Final Destination film, nabbing $186 million at the worldwide box office, per Box Office Mojo.—
Keith Langston,
People.com,
17 May 2025
Noun
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Earlier this month, Trump offered refugee status to 59 white South Africans who Trump claimed were being targeted for violence.—
Brian Bennett,
Time,
22 May 2025
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Trump welcomes white South Africans as other refugees are halted Although apartheid rule ended long ago, the typical Black South African household has just 5% of the wealth of the typical White household, according to a 2024 study by researchers at The Africa Institute and the University of Zambia.—
Joey Garrison,
USA Today,
22 May 2025
Verb
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For this reason, some green card holders choose to naturalize first, gaining U.S. citizenship before initiating a family sponsorship process.—
Andy J. Semotiuk,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2025
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Those already in the U.S. could not become naturalized.—
Erika Hayasaki,
Smithsonian Magazine,
13 May 2025
Noun
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When three planes carrying non-Panamanian deportees arrived in mid-February from the United States, the Decapolis redirected its guests to partner hotels and turned over its trendy lobby to armed security personnel, who ensured that no one could get in or out.—
Gisela Salim-Peyer,
The Atlantic,
23 May 2025
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However, Judge Brian Murphy, of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, did not order the return the plane with the deportees to the United States, as the plaintiffs had requested.—
Beatrice Peterson,
ABC News,
21 May 2025
Noun
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McIver's prosecution follows last month's arrest of Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan, who is accused of helping a migrant evade arrest by ICE agents.—
Sonam Sheth,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 May 2025
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The Trump administration is seeking to end an immigration policy cornerstone that since the 1990s has offered protections to child migrants in federal custody, a move that will be challenged by advocates, according to a court filing Thursday.—
Valerie Gonzalez,
Chicago Tribune,
22 May 2025
Noun
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Over 100 Florida Highway Patrol officers were also recently sworn in as Special Deputy U.S. Marshalls, authorizing them to arrest undocumented immigrants.—
Verónica Egui Brito,
Miami Herald,
16 May 2025
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Despite a 150-year tradition of granting citizenship to everyone born in the United States, Trump said it was never intended for the children of undocumented immigrants or temporary visitors.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
16 May 2025
Noun
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According to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, there were some 143,000 Ivorian emigrants living in France in 2020.—
Christopher Clark,
The Dial,
13 May 2025
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The tradition came from the legacy of a Dane emigrant named Max Henius, who corralled his friends to buy land and gift it to the crown in order to fete the links between his original and adopted countries.—
Mark Ellwood,
AFAR Media,
8 May 2025
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“Repatriate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repatriate. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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