as in exiles
to force to leave a country
members of the deposed dictator's once-feared political party were expatriated as well
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Recent Examples of expatriates
Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 16 Dec. 2025
The recent census did not include expatriates but the decision is believed to affect millions of eligible voters living outside Iraq.
—Nabil Salih, Time, 4 Dec. 2025
International Baccalaureate, established in 1968 in Geneva, Switzerland, was initially designed for children of expatriates and diplomats seeking a consistent high school level curriculum worldwide that emphasized critical thinking and intercultural understanding.
—Cyril A. Reinicke, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Nov. 2025
The professional league seeks to draw on the sporting rivalry between India and Pakistan and their large number of expatriates in the Emirates.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 14 Nov. 2025
Corcoran designs greeting cards, prints and notepads in a style that is nostalgic for expatriates, said Crawford, whose mother is an expat.
—Mars King, Twin Cities, 7 Nov. 2025
Prior to checking in at the guesthouse, Mangione met a Japanese professional poker player at dinner in Tokyo in February and chatted with two American expatriates in Bangkok in March, The New York Times reported.
—Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
The social-media ban cut off many of these expatriates from their families.
—Kapil Komireddi, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
If an investor who has not sold the IP expatriates for example, valuation of the interest will be included in determining the investor’s net worth and may subject the investor to unexpected taxes as a covered expatriate, for both income and estate tax purposes.
—Priya Prakash Royal Esq. Ll.m. Mba Aep Tep, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Noun
Remittances by expatriates amounted to nearly $14 billion in the second quarter of the year, the most recent data available shows — an increase of about 50% since 2017.
—Recent Examples of Synonyms for expatriates
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The country currently shelters nearly 2 million refugees, the most in Africa.—
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The Arabs deliberately placed the Arab refugees and their descendants in refugee camps as pawns in the propaganda war against Israel.—
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Robby relegates Langdon to triage for now — there’s less of a chance the two will run into each other that way.—
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Ed’s high-paying job allows (or relegates) Jess to be a stay-at-home mum, her life devoted to (and circumscribed by) her children.—
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“Expatriates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expatriates. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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