as in to exile
to force to leave a country
members of the deposed dictator's once-feared political party were expatriated as well
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as in immigrant
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Recent Examples of expatriate
Jason Lalljee, Axios, 16 Jan. 2025
Cricket is deemed a minority sport in Saudi Arabia with fandom mostly confined to South Asian expatriates.
—Tristan Lavalette, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2024
These men had not fallen in love with the Caribbean island on a beach vacation or expatriated there for a simpler life.
—Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2023
Virginia La Torre Jeker, J.d., Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
These additional layers of reporting are designed to prevent tax evasion but make expatriate tax filings far more complicated than those of domestic filers.
—Virginia La Torre Jeker, J.d., Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
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Noun
Zoom in: Americans are a big part of Spain's expatriate boom.
—Jason Lalljee, Axios, 16 Jan. 2025
Cricket is deemed a minority sport in Saudi Arabia with fandom mostly confined to South Asian expatriates.
—Tristan Lavalette, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
Verb
Turgenev was also one of the earliest Russian writers to be lionized by Westerners—not just by close friends like Flaubert but also by later figures (some of them expatriates themselves), such as Henry James and Joseph Conrad.
—The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2024
These men had not fallen in love with the Caribbean island on a beach vacation or expatriated there for a simpler life.
—Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2023
Adjective
Unsurprisingly, the proposal has been met with enthusiasm from expatriate advocacy groups, who see it as a long-overdue step toward fairer tax treatment.
—Virginia La Torre Jeker, J.d., Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
These additional layers of reporting are designed to prevent tax evasion but make expatriate tax filings far more complicated than those of domestic filers.
—Virginia La Torre Jeker, J.d., Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for expatriate
Noun
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Born in a Syrian refugee camp, Khalil has talked about his Palestinian heritage and was a major figure during last spring and summer's protests on the Columbia University campus in New York City.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA TODAY,
11 Mar. 2025
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Catch up quick: In January, a Trump administration executive order froze federal funding for refugee resettlement.—
Andrew King,
Axios,
11 Mar. 2025
Verb
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The unlikely foursome's journey leads them into the Exclusion Zone, where robots have been exiled after Mr. Peanut (Woody Harrelson) signed a peace treaty with President Clinton.—
Skyler Trepel,
People.com,
15 Mar. 2025
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Women filmmakers working on British shores like Muriel Box, Wendy Toye, Margaret Tait, and Jill Craigie as well as American filmmakers exiled to the UK by the anti-Communist blacklist like Joseph Losey, Cy Endfield, and Edward Dmytryk will also feature.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
10 Mar. 2025
Verb
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For many parts of the U.S., banishing cars simply isn’t realistic in the absence of comprehensive public transportation and high-density redesigns that often lack political or taxpayer backing.—
Megha Satyanarayana,
Scientific American,
21 Mar. 2025
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Patrick, born Roman, raised Welsh, and famously credited with banishing snakes from Ireland (a reptilian issue geology had resolved millennia before) dominates the global imagination.—
Gemma Allen,
Forbes,
16 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The Duke of Edinburgh met with Estonian President Alar Karis while abroad, underscoring the diplomatic aspect of foreign trips for the British royals.—
Janine Henni,
People.com,
12 Mar. 2025
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The case, seemingly the first of its kind, sets the stage for what could come as the Trump administration ramps up its targeting of foreign students and pro-Palestinian demonstrations on college campuses.—
Michelle Watson,
CNN,
12 Mar. 2025
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“Expatriate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expatriate. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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