REPATRIATES Synonyms: 62 Similar and Opposite Words

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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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Noun

Research shows refugees and Kenyan businesses have also formed partnerships and supply chains linking Nairobi with camps such as Kakuma.

— Vivianne Wandera, semafor.com, 9 Sep. 2026
Those who lived there came as refugees or migrants from Germany, Spain, Portugal, the Ottoman Empire, modern Ukraine—and perhaps even beyond; and the Ghetto’s story cannot be told except through their own.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of refugees

Verb

Her medical fate is used by Kaftan’s deceivers to lure him into their trap, though again, this potential source of human feeling receives no emotional support from Mehring’s satiric style.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2026
But Brooke receives an unexpected call to adventure when a pigeon flies in her window one day.

— Marshall Shaffer, IndieWire, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of receives

Noun

Likewise, the Relief Procedures for Certain Former Citizens provides a pathway for eligible former citizens with minimal tax liability to resolve outstanding filing obligations without becoming covered expatriates.

— Virginia La Torre Jeker, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
His success in the States landed him on the Israeli reality series The Americans, which follows Israeli expatriates chasing the American dream in the United States.

— Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 24 July 2026

Definition of expatriates

Verb

The bigger the screen, the more likely one is to feel full immersion in an experience that Tez admits was frequently unpleasant, only without the accompanying hits of dopamine or adrenaline, much less the sense of accomplishment.

— Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2026
Aparacio admits that most of won’t be able to keep up with that schedule and says six months is okay, too, and that particular chore can be saved for the big season changes and cleaning that comes with winter and summer.

— Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of admits

Noun

Colombian medical clinics serving Venezuelan migrants closed after private funders kept them afloat for several months.

— James Pollard, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Five days earlier, a joint operation involving several Turks and Caicos Islands agencies intercepted another overloaded boat with 171 Haitian migrants in the vicinity of Northwest Point, Providenciales.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of migrants

Noun

Traditional Republicans who have supported, or at least gone along with, the party’s attacks on Muslims and immigrants and its rejection of democratic norms have spoken out against cracking the door open for anti-Semites.

— Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2026
The son of Taiwanese immigrants, Hsu was a precocious talent and became a professional skateboarder in his mid-teens.

— Hua Hsu, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of immigrants

Noun

The decision could have broad implications for descendants of Italian emigrants, particularly in North and South America, where large Italian diaspora communities have ancestral ties to Italy.

— ABC News, ABC News, 29 July 2026
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

Definition of emigrants

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