Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for repatriates
Noun
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The title refers to the million Syrian refugees that were admitted into Germany during the brutal civil war that culminated with Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad fleeing to Moscow in November 2024.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
12 Mar. 2026 -
Additionally, asylum seekers, asylees, refugees and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients would be ineligible.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
11 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Under Georgia law, if no candidate receives more than 50% of the vote, the top two finishers advance to a runoff election, slated for April 7.—
Claire Carter,
The Washington Examiner,
11 Mar. 2026
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Sustained military buildup in China receives continuing global attention and concern, along with the wider regional arms race and ongoing maritime disputes.—
Arthur I. Cyr,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The company admits this is a demand issue.—
Justin Klawans,
TheWeek,
9 Mar. 2026
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The law requires that any undocumented immigrant who is charged with or admits having committed burglary, shoplifting, assault of a law enforcement officer or any serious felonies be detained.—
Anna Heqimi,
Hartford Courant,
7 Mar. 2026
Noun
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An Iranian diplomat was arrested in 2018, and later convicted, for supplying a couple living in Belgium with a powerful bomb that was supposed to be used in a terrorist attack targeting Iranian expatriates in France.—
Colin P. Clarke,
The Atlantic,
7 Mar. 2026
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The Iran war has shaken Dubai’s status as a global wealth hub, as legions of expatriates scramble to escape and family offices and wealth managers reconsider their Middle East footprint.—
Robert Frank,Hayley Cuccinello,
CNBC,
5 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Many South African farms are ringed in barbed wire and outfitted with security cameras; one of the migrants told me a story about confronting armed robbers.—
Boyce Upholt,
New Yorker,
14 Mar. 2026
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Four more African migrants deported from the United States arrived in Eswatini, authorities said Thursday.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
13 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Stanton’s disdain for immigrants led her into emergent realms of pseudoscience that would transform into eugenics; her rhetoric about women strayed from the principle of gender equality into essentialist ideas about women’s feminine specialness.—
Moira Donegan,
New Yorker,
13 Mar. 2026
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Egyptian immigrants Azzam and Samra Ahmed are padding their savings by performing for bots in their one-bedroom apartment in Pasadena.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The city’s Hadhramis are descendants of the emigrants from Yemen’s Hadhramout region who began settling in Johor in the 1800s.—
Jeff Chu,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Feb. 2026
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Malinin is the son of two former Olympic skaters, Tatiana Malinina and Roman Skorniakov, Russian emigrants who competed for Uzbekistan but came to Virginia in 1998.—
Sally Jenkins,
The Atlantic,
1 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Among the evacuees were two service members who were injured when a drone exploded next to their vehicle.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
12 Mar. 2026
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Later, Harry and Meghan played soccer before meeting medical evacuees from Gaza, The Telegraph reported.—
Rachel Burchfield,
InStyle,
25 Feb. 2026
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“Repatriates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repatriates. Accessed 15 Mar. 2026.
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