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plural of repatriate

repatriates

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verb

present tense third-person singular of repatriate

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for repatriates
Noun
  • Where will all these sciolistic refugees from woke America go if that largesse dries up?
    Kapil Komireddi, New Yorker, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Yet opportunities like ours are vulnerable to political headwinds and are no longer available to refugees from around the world whose lives remain in limbo.
    Sediqa Fahimi, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The Associated Press’ climate and environmental coverage receives financial support from multiple private foundations.
    ABC News, ABC News, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Atlanta also receives the option to swap second-round picks with Chicago in 2028.
    Senior Editor, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Continue reading … SPIRITUAL STRUGGLE — Savannah Guthrie admits disappointment with God in Easter message.
    , FOXNews.com, 6 Apr. 2026
  • That said, Smith also admits that the torpedo bat's shape and corresponding swing weight could be making the bat feel easier to swing, which could in turn improve batting average rather than acting as a power tool blasting home runs out of the park.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 6 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The city’s gravitational pull operates differently, and more powerfully, for the billions in the Global South than for the few Western expatriates who fled at the first missile alert.
    Bobby Ghosh, Time, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Flights in and out of the Middle East came to a near-complete stop, stranding residents, expatriates, and tourists alike, even as Iran struck the region’s most crowded cities and luxury hotels.
    Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 31 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Orbán has used his party's current supermajority in Hungarian parliament to undermine the independence of the judiciary, crack down on independent media, demonize migrants and discriminate against LGBTQ people, Human Rights Watch has said.
    Emmet Lyons, CBS News, 11 Apr. 2026
  • The tactic has become more popular with smugglers as police on the beaches try to thwart crossings by puncturing the rafts that groups of migrants have to inflate and carry to the water.
    ABC News, ABC News, 11 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • And days after Mullin was sworn in, the Department of Homeland Security paused the purchase of new warehouses intended to house immigrants.
    ABC News, ABC News, 9 Apr. 2026
  • City staff plan to bring back a report next month on what the city has already done with regards to protecting and communicating with immigrants in Naperville and future steps to increase that communication and trust.
    Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • In 2024, a record 41,294 Hungarians emigrated, according to official statistics, bringing the total number of emigrants during Orbán’s years in power to more than 360,000.
    Alexander Smith, NBC news, 11 Apr. 2026
  • The share of emigrants from ages 20 to 24 has doubled during Orbán’s time in office.
    Isaac Stanley-Becker, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The evacuees skewed younger, particularly adults between 26 and 34, stripping the state’s future workforce and tax base.
    Betsy McCaughey, Boston Herald, 16 Mar. 2026
  • As buses loaded with evacuees pulled onto the road, members of the skeleton crew started gathering their belongings and hosing down buildings.
    New York Times, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2026
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“Repatriates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repatriates. Accessed 14 Apr. 2026.

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