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

Cárdenas, a civil engineer by training, was the son of President Lázaro Cárdenas, who nationalized the oil industry in 1938 and opened Mexico to refugees from the Spanish Civil War.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Oct. 2026
He was martyred by the Nazis for aiding Jewish refugees during World War II.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Oct. 2026

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Verb

The Storm also receives a metal motor cover instead of the standard Ultra's plastic component, along with glossy purple, glossy white, and black-blue finishes.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 2 Nov. 2026
If a player receives a qualifying offer, rejects it and signs elsewhere, their previous team gets a compensatory pick after the fourth round of the 2027 draft.

— Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 2 Nov. 2026

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Noun

But unlike most Israeli expatriates, his return voyage was a 10,000-mile, 30-plus-hour odyssey from a remote sheep station in the Australian outback to his village in the Galilee, in northern Israel.

— Dina Kraft, Christian Science Monitor, 27 Oct. 2026
Thousands of Serb expatriates in the United States, Australia and New Zealand face the same problem.

— Branimir Pipal, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of expatriates

Verb

Reflecting on 12 years as a business — four of those with KC area locations — Harb admits that the brand has come a long way.

— Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 2 Nov. 2026
But while the coaches may be having fun in the red chairs, the artists competing for their teams face a much more serious reality this season, and Levine admits that this new Cut Week curveball is anything but easy.

— Alicia Urrea, Billboard, 2 Nov. 2026

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Another agent had shown him a photo of a half-dozen migrants jammed in a porta-potty to share body heat.

— Francisco Cantú, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2026
Abbott bused migrants from the border to Chicago, often without a clear destination or adequate clothing for harsh Illinois winters.

— Daniel C. Vock, Chicago Tribune, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of migrants

Noun

In May 2025, Miller publicly demanded a dramatic increase in daily arrests, placing pressure on ICE leadership and expanding enforcement beyond immigrants who had been convicted of serious crimes.

— Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 7 Nov. 2026
The policies come as an unprecedented number of immigrants held in Aurora have challenged their detention in federal court, prompting judges to repeatedly order their release.

— Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 7 Nov. 2026

Definition of immigrants

Noun

Baksheng leaves behind a family and then creates a new one with other Teochew emigrants at an inn run by a feminist daughter, Zia Lamgi (Li Sitong) who dodges a revolving door of suitors.

— Randy Myers, Mercury News, 3 Sep. 2026
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

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