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Here’s our best effort to make sense of it all, compiled specifically for Angelenos and expat LA supporters.
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Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 14 May 2025
Conservative pundit and British expat Steve Hilton announced his candidacy via a video on X on Monday.
—Nicole Nixon, Sacbee.com, 22 Apr. 2025
Many Americans live in the capital city of Tirana, where the expat community is strong and English is widely spoken.
—Cepee Tabibian, CNBC, 18 May 2025
My new book, The Last Ferry Out (out May 20), unhooks the velvet rope into another fascinating clique: a group of expats living on a tiny tropical island off the coast of Cancún.
—Andrea Bartz, People.com, 18 May 2025
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Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 14 May 2025
Conservative pundit and British expat Steve Hilton announced his candidacy via a video on X on Monday.
—Nicole Nixon, Sacbee.com, 22 Apr. 2025
Many Americans live in the capital city of Tirana, where the expat community is strong and English is widely spoken.
—Cepee Tabibian, CNBC, 18 May 2025
My new book, The Last Ferry Out (out May 20), unhooks the velvet rope into another fascinating clique: a group of expats living on a tiny tropical island off the coast of Cancún.
—Andrea Bartz, People.com, 18 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for expat
refugee
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The community swelled before, during, and immediately after World War II, thanks to the arrival of Jewish refugees from Eastern Europe, reaching a peak in the 1950s of more than 1,500 members.—
Rosario Del Valle,
Sun Sentinel,
3 June 2025
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Nawrocki, 42, a newcomer to politics who previously ran a national remembrance institute, campaigned on a promise to ensure economic and social policies favour Poles over other nationalities, including refugees from neighbouring Ukraine.—
Anna Magdalena Lubowicka,
USA Today,
3 June 2025
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“Expat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expat. Accessed 8 Jun. 2025.
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