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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Recent Examples of expatriate
Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 22 May 2025
The recent release of the IPU serves as a warning that IRS audits of expatriate tax returns claiming CTC and ACTC are likely to increase.
—Virginia La Torre Jeker, J.d., Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
Michael Bartiromo, The Hill, 14 June 2025
From 2020 to 2023, Black in Tulum emerged as a significant hub for Black American travelers, connecting Tulum to Playa del Carmen, now one of the world’s top destinations for Black American expatriates.
—Dominique Fluker, Essence, 13 June 2025
Virginia La Torre Jeker, J.d., Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
And some plan to expatriate to a nation with a friendlier tax code.
—Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 19 Mar. 2024
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Noun
As neo-colonial dynamics among the expatriate community unravel, this fragile bond becomes his only refuge from an impending collapse into solitude or barbarism.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 22 May 2025
The recent release of the IPU serves as a warning that IRS audits of expatriate tax returns claiming CTC and ACTC are likely to increase.
—Virginia La Torre Jeker, J.d., Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
Verb
In either case, American expatriates still living in North America make up a major share of the total estimate of U.S. citizens living overseas.
—Michael Bartiromo, The Hill, 14 June 2025
From 2020 to 2023, Black in Tulum emerged as a significant hub for Black American travelers, connecting Tulum to Playa del Carmen, now one of the world’s top destinations for Black American expatriates.
—Dominique Fluker, Essence, 13 June 2025
Adjective
Right to Expatriate Ver’s legal team also argues that the exit tax is an unconstitutional burden on the fundamental right to expatriate.
—Virginia La Torre Jeker, J.d., Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
And some plan to expatriate to a nation with a friendlier tax code.
—Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 19 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for expatriate
Noun
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The refugees are spread primarily throughout Europe, with some in the United States and elsewhere.—
Claire Harbage,
NPR,
2 Aug. 2025
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Waziri—a refugee who fled to the United States in 2021 after serving in an elite Afghan military unit trained to detect hidden explosives and assigned to protect U.S. Green Berets—was fatally shot after a confrontation.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 July 2025
Verb
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They are silenced, punished, exiled – for daring to write.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
16 July 2025
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The second Renko novel, Polar Star (1989), in which the investigator is exiled to a Soviet factory ship in the Arctic, is my favorite of the whole series.—
Taylor Antrim,
Vogue,
16 July 2025
Verb
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To start, banish these five categories of items from your countertops ASAP.—
Amy Panos,
Better Homes & Gardens,
27 July 2025
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As former players who lived the mind games firsthand, the trio will bring their behind-the-scenes insights, examine the strategies, decipher the deception, and, of course, banish the boring in their new podcast.—
Armando Tinoco,
Deadline,
22 July 2025
Adjective
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Real or perceived connections to the Chinese government, companies, or foreign nationals, often raising concerns about influence or security.—
Edward Segal,
Forbes.com,
3 Aug. 2025
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Trump portrays his tariffs as a tax on foreign countries.—
Paul Wiseman,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Aug. 2025
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“Expatriate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expatriate. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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