How to Use abroad in a Sentence

abroad

adverb or adjective
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  • Of course, not all parts of the economy have been spared, and the full weight of rate hikes here and abroad won’t be felt until next year.
    — Rachel Siegel, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Nov. 2022
  • Other activists have been captured while traveling abroad.
    — Yeganeh Torbati, Washington Post, 1 Dec. 2022
  • His critics in China and abroad viewed these steps as little more than tacking with the political winds.
    — Michael Wines, New York Times, 30 Nov. 2022
  • Women must obtain a male guardian’s permission to marry, study, work in a government job, or travel abroad.
    — Raven Smith, Vogue, 23 Nov. 2022
  • Yet, critics say corporations exploit the H-1B visa to get cheap labor from abroad.
    — Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2025
  • When the war began, orphans in regions at risk from fighting were relocated to safer institutions in Ukraine and abroad.
    — Dominique Soguel, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Dec. 2022
  • Dabbling in casual relationships while traveling abroad can be thrilling.
    — Anayo Awuzie, Essence, 30 Nov. 2022
  • Women in Qatar hold leadership positions, but require permission from a male guardian to marry or, before the age of 25, travel abroad.
    — Vivian Nereim, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2022
  • Hong Kong’s luxury shops have also struggled to recover in no small part to the country’s travel restrictions, which have discouraged shoppers from abroad.
    — Dana Givens, Robb Report, 28 Nov. 2022
  • Average hotel rates abroad and in the U.S. are similar to 2024, according to Kayak.
    — Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 18 Jan. 2025
  • And it’s really been an adult kind of goal and dream for my wife and I to spend a year abroad.
    — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 23 May 2024
  • The best event looks this week are coming mostly from abroad.
    — Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 22 Sep. 2023
  • Happy to be your friend of a friend of a friend, and share all my advice for how to pack when the time comes to move abroad.
    — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 13 Oct. 2023
  • But Crowe insists, much as Amorth did, that there is genuine evil abroad in the world.
    — Clark Collis, EW.com, 12 Apr. 2023
  • The seller does not reside in Utah and may claim to be living abroad.
    — Tony Semerad, The Salt Lake Tribune, 10 Dec. 2022
  • However, many in the U.S. and abroad question if this is true.
    — Earl Carr, Forbes, 10 Feb. 2023
  • Football teams, here and abroad, play in much larger venues.
    — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 2 Feb. 2024
  • Those looking to move abroad might think twice if their dream locale is on this list.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 17 June 2024
  • Lightning bugs quickly roused from the grass and scattered abroad.
    — Bill Bowden, arkansasonline.com, 18 Feb. 2024
  • Are there any models from abroad or from the past that were inspiring?
    — David Remnick, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2023
  • Here’s his advice for taking a scouting trip to find a new home abroad.
    — Jennifer Liu, CNBC, 4 Aug. 2024
  • King Charles is abroad for the first time since starting treatment for cancer.
    — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 6 June 2024
  • By the numbers: The data tracks all the people who moved from one state to another plus those who moved to the U.S. from abroad.
    — Erica Pandey, Axios, 19 Oct. 2024
  • Clifford is a preschool teacher and has been teaching abroad for a decade with stays in Cairo and Mumbai.
    — Chris Massaro, Fox News, 24 Apr. 2023
  • The Spokane resident owns over 20 rentals across the U.S. and abroad, and he’s learned the hard way that not every investment is a good one.
    — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 10 Sep. 2024
  • Investors have embraced signs that inflation has peaked in the U.S. and abroad.
    — Caitlin McCabe, WSJ, 28 Jan. 2023
  • His 50-year-old uncle went to college and studied abroad.
    — Ira Porter, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Mar. 2024
  • For many, the way out is through education visas to study abroad or work permits.
    — Robert Badendieck, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Most of that increase was driven by migrants from abroad.
    — Marissa J. Lang, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2024
  • Study abroad students can request to receive a ballot via the mail.
    — Alex Groth, Journal Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2024

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