REPATRIATES Synonyms: 62 Similar and Opposite Words

repatriates 1 of 2

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

No God But Us is very much a book about Afghan refugees who are trying to forge a future amidst great displacement.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026
The charity offers horsemanship and outdoor activities for military veterans suffering from life-changing injuries and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), young people in the local community and refugees.

— Danielle Rossingh, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of refugees

Verb

The platform decides which content receives additional exposure, and that exposure can influence who discovers a creator and whether the creator’s audience grows.

— Sergi Cerrato, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
During the winter, Julian, a 33-year-old sculptor who lives and works in a converted factory in Brooklyn, New York, receives electricity bills that are as much as $800 a month.

— Tami Luhby, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of receives

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More than 30,000 expatriates had registered with Fly&Vote, an initiative helping Israelis arrange election travel, which has already secured seven dedicated flights to Israel.

— Deborah Danan, Sun Sentinel, 8 Sep. 2026
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

Definition of expatriates

Verb

Data Diversity One limitation, admits Darrell, is that his data comes from a single instance of robotic hardware.

— IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 10 Sep. 2026
Armed with strings of profanity and his thick Mancunian brogue, Liam admits that being back in front of an audience does, in fact, mean a lot to him.

— Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of admits

Noun

For that sequence, the production recruited migrants through associations in Alicante to work as background actors.

— Emiliano de Pablos, Variety, 14 Sep. 2026
Although a majority of migrants have voluntarily returned to Morocco, hundreds of children like Ismael are still living on the streets.

— Colette Davidson, Christian Science Monitor, 13 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

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