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
Emiliano Tahui Gómez, Austin American-Statesman, 5 June 2024
International tax practitioners — and U.S. taxpayers living abroad — will be happy to see that one portion of the draft is devoted to expatriates.
—Nana Ama Sarfo, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
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
Praneeta Pujari, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
The painter’s friendship with American expatriate artist and bookbinder Mary Reynolds, whose books and papers posthumously ended up at the Art Institute, is the museum’s way in.
—Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 14 Jan. 2025
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Noun
Rodrigo Montes de Oca, a research scholar at the Center for the U.S. and Mexico, said this two-step process has been the case since the government first allowed expatriates to vote in 2006.
Voters have increasingly met these requirements.
—Emiliano Tahui Gómez, Austin American-Statesman, 5 June 2024
International tax practitioners — and U.S. taxpayers living abroad — will be happy to see that one portion of the draft is devoted to expatriates.
—Nana Ama Sarfo, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
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
This region shares strong diplomatic and trade relations with India, has a large expatriate Indian population with high digital adoption rates and favorable local regulations with growing government initiatives to support tech startups.
—Praneeta Pujari, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
The painter’s friendship with American expatriate artist and bookbinder Mary Reynolds, whose books and papers posthumously ended up at the Art Institute, is the museum’s way in.
—Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 14 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for expatriate
Noun
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Among them are World Relief Texas, a Christian humanitarian organization focused on aiding refugees and other immigrants; Catholic Charities Fort Worth; and the Junior League of Fort Worth’s MINTS program, which stands for Mentoring, Inspiring, Nurturing, Tutoring and Supporting.—
Lina Ruiz,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
17 Apr. 2025
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The refugee overcame many hardships and started a trading business in 1952.—
Harvard Business Review,
Harvard Business Review,
15 Apr. 2025
Verb
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The powerful producer Scott Rudin was exiled from entertainment after accusations of bullying.—
Matthew Cullen,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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Soon, though, we were all exiled—I was arrested, just picked up off the street and thrown in jail.—
Corey Seymour,
Vogue,
21 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Each player was banished from his professional sport for life.—
Martin Edel,
Sportico.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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Inspired by a children’s book series by Colin Thompson, this movie focuses on an evil king (who happens to be Betty’s grandfather) who banished music and magic from the land.—
Dina Gachman,
New York Times,
4 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The East Room also typically hosts a president’s press conference, either on his own or alongside a foreign leader.—
Ella Lee,
The Hill,
17 Apr. 2025
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However, Corbell does not believe the unidentified objects are nefarious or operated by a foreign adversary.—
Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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“Expatriate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expatriate. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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