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

After war broke out over religious and political differences in 1642, people had to flee when their villages became war zones, while other places were filled with desperate refugees.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026
Lamin has led a peaceful campaign supporting the right of Western Sahara to self-determination, a dream of Sahrawi refugees that has been frustrated for more than half a century.

— Matthew Carey, Deadline, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of refugees

Verb

Nirvana receives Video Vanguard Award The VMAs never shies away from nostalgia.

— Saba Hamedy, NBC news, 28 Sep. 2026
From screenwriter Eric Champnella and set in 2008, Return to You follows a powerful but lonely female attorney (Lohan) who mistakenly receives a very emotional DVD sent by a dying woman to her husband (Golding).

— Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 28 Sep. 2026

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Noun

With expatriates making up nearly 90% of the UAE’s population, remittances are a prize worth billions.

— Manal Albarakati, semafor.com, 24 Sep. 2026
First published by Scribner in 1926, The Sun Also Rises follows American journalist Jake Barnes and a circle of expatriates traveling from Paris to Pamplona in the years following the First World War.

— Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of expatriates

Verb

Harrow School admits only boys and prepares its students for A-levels, Harrow New York is co-ed and offers an International Baccalaureate curriculum.

— Ashley Baker, Vanity Fair, 22 Sep. 2026
Anti-mafia prosecutor Alessandra Cerreti, who has persuaded dozens of women to testify against crime families across all Italy’s crime syndicates, admits the risks are high.

— Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Money, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of admits

Noun

The Coast Guard could not confirm Monday if the people on board were migrants because interviews with survivors had not yet been conducted.

— David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 28 Sep. 2026
She was denied asylum under a Biden-era border policy that restricted eligibility for many migrants who crossed the southern border outside official pathways.

— Mick Krever, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of migrants

Noun

La Casa del Pueblo Taqueria has remained a living link to the immigrants who began arriving in Pilsen decades ago.

— Laura Rodríguez Presa, Chicago Tribune, 26 Sep. 2026
The administration has repeated claims of targeting immigrants with criminal histories, but recent data suggests more than half of those arrested in July had not been convicted of any crimes and were not facing any criminal charges.

— Heather Hollingsworth, Fortune, 26 Sep. 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

Definition of emigrants

Noun

Blue Star Families, a non-profit that supports military families, provided supplies to evacuees in Tampa, according to Suzy Malloy, the executive director of the chapter in the Tampa Bay region.

— Eleanor Watson, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026
By then, hordes of evacuees from the North Tower were walking north on Sixth Avenue to escape the terror.

— Bob Kustra, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2026

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