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Recent Examples of repatriate
Matthew Carey, Deadline, 29 Dec. 2024
Key factors include currency risk, local demand trends and ease of repatriating profits.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
Following a tense standoff between the nations' respective presidents, an agreement was reached on Sunday night regarding the return of repatriating citizens to Colombia from the United States.
—Hannah Demissie, ABC News, 26 Jan. 2025
As reported in 2023, Buckingham Palace has previously rejected a request to repatriate the body of Prince Dejatch Alemayehu of Abyssinia, who was buried in St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle after being taken to the U.K. in 1868 following his father Tewodros II's death.
—Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 24 Jan. 2025
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In 2021, the French government reluctantly agreed to repatriate 26 royal treasures of the Kingdom of Dahomey (present-day Benin) carted off by French colonial troops in the late 1800s.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 29 Dec. 2024
Key factors include currency risk, local demand trends and ease of repatriating profits.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
Following a tense standoff between the nations' respective presidents, an agreement was reached on Sunday night regarding the return of repatriating citizens to Colombia from the United States.
—Hannah Demissie, ABC News, 26 Jan. 2025
As reported in 2023, Buckingham Palace has previously rejected a request to repatriate the body of Prince Dejatch Alemayehu of Abyssinia, who was buried in St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle after being taken to the U.K. in 1868 following his father Tewodros II's death.
—Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 24 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for repatriate
Noun
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Property transferred to a U.S. recipient because the covered expatriate made a qualified disclaimer with respect to the asset.—
Virginia La Torre Jeker, J.D.,
Forbes,
21 Jan. 2025
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Zoom in: Americans are a big part of Spain's expatriate boom.—
Jason Lalljee,
Axios,
16 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Transgender troops who had begun receiving treatment under the Obama-era policy were grandfathered in.—
Tom Vanden Brook,
USA TODAY,
11 Feb. 2025
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The move was widely viewed as an attempt to place attention on himself while capitalizing on Kendrick’s big moment, further fueling speculation that West has become jealous of the fanfare and acclaim the Compton rapper has received over the past year.—
Preezy Brown,
VIBE.com,
10 Feb. 2025
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As a representative of the U.N., any involvement in a group that promotes discrimination or violence violates the principle of neutrality and gravely jeopardizes UNRWA’s ability to provide services and protection to refugees.—
Rachel Wolf,
Fox News,
14 Feb. 2025
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In addition to opposing the forced displacement of Palestinians, Jordan and Egypt also have strains on their economies and taking in millions of refugees could potentially produce more economic and security challenges.—
Nadine El-Bawab,
ABC News,
14 Feb. 2025
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Agents in an unmarked car pulled over Ernesto Campos, the owner of a Bakersfield gardening service who was naturalized as a U.S. citizen more than 10 years ago.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Jan. 2025
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In the United States, this practice is protected under the 14th Amendment of the Constitution, which states that all persons born or naturalized in the U.S. are citizens.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
21 Jan. 2025
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From tariff concessions to accepting deportees, India is pulling out all the stops to win favor with President Donald Trump ahead of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the White House on Thursday.—
Mithil Aggarwal,
NBC News,
13 Feb. 2025
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Here’s what its workers think of Trump’s tariffs The Colombian government had to do a humiliating about-face that month after President Gustavo Petro blocked two American military planes carrying Colombian deportees from entering his country.—
Rafael Romo,
CNN,
12 Feb. 2025
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Inside the vans, officers found 26 migrants from China.—
Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
16 Feb. 2025
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David Marquez, the group’s social protection coordinator, told CNN that around 300 Venezuelan migrants with HIV cannot continue their treatment as it was run with PEPFAR support.—
Hira Humayun,
CNN,
16 Feb. 2025
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Still, polls have shown rising voter unease with migration and crimes committed by immigrants.—
Jim Tankersley,
New York Times,
9 Feb. 2025
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Migrant workers represent a significant portion of those employed in the construction sector: according to the most recent American Community Survey, the share of immigrants in construction was 25.5 percent in 2023, up from 24.7 percent the year before—the highest percentage on record.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
9 Feb. 2025
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The emigrants killed were traveling by wagon to California at the time.—
Barbara A. Perry,
Newsweek,
28 Jan. 2025
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In the massacre, settlers of the LDS Church involved in a territorial militia killed 120 American western emigrants.—
Taijuan Moorman,
USA TODAY,
28 Jan. 2025
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“Repatriate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repatriate. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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