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noun

plural of repatriate
as in refugees

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verb

present tense third-person singular of repatriate
as in naturalizes

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for repatriates
  1. refugees
  2. receives
  3. expatriates
  4. admits
  5. migrants
  6. immigrants
  7. emigrants
  8. evacuees
Noun
  • Czech nonprofits initially scrambled to provide these refugees with housing, education and other essential support.
    — Tara Kolar Bryan, The Conversation, 22 July 2026
  • Each year, a memorial tournament bearing Tamang's name reunites refugees from across the country.
    — Maansi Srivastava, NPR, 21 July 2026
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Verb
  • As part of the trade, Atlanta also receives the right to swap second-round picks with Chicago in 2028.
    — Micahya Costen, AJC.com, 23 July 2026
  • The worst-case scenario is Eckert receives a ban, prohibiting him from coaching.
    — Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 22 July 2026
Definition of receives
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 expatriates
Verb
  • Garmin News has published an image that purports to be a render of the upcoming wearable, although that site itself admits the veracity of this leak is uncertain.
    — Andrew Williams, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
  • After more than five decades together, Hamel admits living alone felt unimaginable after Somers died.
    — Richard Johnson, New York Daily News, 19 July 2026
Definition of admits
Noun
  • At the height of the border crisis, Hartman said agents sometimes encountered groups of up to 70 migrants moving through the underground maze.
    — Brooke Taylor, FOXNews.com, 20 July 2026
  • The foreign minister told me that in the southern Mexican city of Tuxtla Gutiérrez, about 140 miles from the nearest Mexico-Guatemala border crossing, a tractor-trailer had crashed while carrying more than 160 Guatemalan migrants.
    — Ken Salazar, Time, 20 July 2026
Definition of migrants
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  • Sandy Dorsainvil, 49 Homeowner in unincorporated Dade Dorsainvil was at the TPS rally in Little Haiti soaking in the concerns for Haitian immigrants and describes herself as a community redevelopment specialist and cultural curator.
    — Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 25 July 2026
  • Despite a succession of last-minute extensions by federal immigration authorities, time appears to be finally running out for thousands of Haitian immigrants in South Florida.
    — David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 25 July 2026
Definition of immigrants
Noun
  • González has witnessed the ties between Mexico and its emigrants abroad evolve over four decades, starting as a young consular officer in the administration of Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari.
    — Alfredo Corchado, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2026
  • 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
Definition of emigrants
Noun
  • In a sports center turned makeshift shelter in Moncofa, eastern Spain, evacuees worried about the lasting effect the fires will have on the environment.
    — Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 27 July 2026
  • In Bordeaux, authorities took in thousands of evacuees, offering them food and shelter in an exhibition center, and the city’s mayor said it could be equipped to welcome as many as 10,000 people if that became necessary.
    — Mark Carlson, Fortune, 25 July 2026
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