repatriates 1 of 2

plural of repatriate

repatriates

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of repatriate

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for repatriates
Noun
  • Court bars asylum claims before refugees enter US Alito wrote another decision June 25 for a 6-3 majority that allowed the administration to turn back refugees at the border.
    Bart Jansen, USA Today, 1 July 2026
  • As millions of Venezuelan refugees moved through Latin America, Tren de Aragua established criminal footholds along migration corridors, extending its reach into Colombia, Peru, Chile, Ecuador and eventually the United States.
    Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 1 July 2026
Verb
  • According to older research, the same business plan pitched by a man receives funding faster than when pitched by a woman.
    Kim Lawton, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • The Associated Press Health and Science Department receives support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Department of Science Education and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
    ABC News, ABC News, 1 July 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • The numbers reinforced a growing belief among expatriates that the Colombian diaspora has evolved into a major political force.
    Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 22 June 2026
Verb
  • But even Willis admits AI can be a helpful tool in the right capacity.
    Kayla Moeller, CBS News, 30 June 2026
  • Nunes admits, despite raising concerns with neighbors, a Gabriel camera was recently installed on his building.
    Harry Booth, Time, 26 June 2026
Noun
  • Another challenge to Trump policies focused on deportations to countries where migrants had never been, such as South Sudan or Libya.
    Bart Jansen, USA Today, 1 July 2026
  • This phrase has become a rallying cry for activists who say that undocumented migrants and other foreigners in South Africa have taken away jobs from those who were born there.
    Rebecca Schneid, Time, 1 July 2026
Noun
  • In addition to the fear of deportation, the ruling puts thousands of immigrants at risk of losing their work authorization and their jobs, according to a Haitian-American journalist.
    Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 26 June 2026
  • Hilton, running on a platform of affordability and lowering taxes, has seized on the sentiment, casting health coverage for immigrants without legal status as deeply unfair and a direct threat to the state’s ability to help citizens.
    Christine Mai-Duc, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • Between 1854 and 1891, the fort protected emigrants, mail coaches, freight wagons, and travelers along the Trans-Pecos stretch of the San Antonio–El Paso Road and Chihuahua Trail.
    Lauren Jones, Southern Living, 10 June 2026
Noun
  • The fires previously also caused more than 200 people to voluntarily evacuate from a trailer park community near Krome Avenue on Wednesday, but the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office announced on Saturday such evacuees were allowed to return to their homes.
    Kairi Lowery, Miami Herald, 21 June 2026
  • Near the Broward County line on the north side of Krome, the owner of Jones Trailer Park said evacuees are being allowed to return, though power has not yet been restored.
    Steven Yablonski, CBS News, 19 June 2026
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“Repatriates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repatriates. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.

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