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Recent Examples of repatriate
Sophie Clark, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 June 2025
Lungu died from an undisclosed illness at a hospital in South Africa early this month and the process to repatriate his body for burial in Zambia has been marred by a bitter feud between his family and the current Zambian government.
—Jacob Zimba, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2025
In 2018, President Donald Trump and North Korea leader Kim Jong-un met in Singapore, where North Korea promised to repatriate remains from their archives and sent 55 boxes with remains.
—Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 19 June 2025
The Swiss university repatriated the remains of the five kidnapped Kawésqar to the Chilean government in 2010.
—Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 June 2025
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Verb
Aid cuts by the Trump administration have compromised efforts within Syria to repatriate IS members living in prison camps across the country, and have led to major security lapses including smuggling of people out of camps holding IS members and their families.
—Sophie Clark, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 June 2025
Lungu died from an undisclosed illness at a hospital in South Africa early this month and the process to repatriate his body for burial in Zambia has been marred by a bitter feud between his family and the current Zambian government.
—Jacob Zimba, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2025
In 2018, President Donald Trump and North Korea leader Kim Jong-un met in Singapore, where North Korea promised to repatriate remains from their archives and sent 55 boxes with remains.
—Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 19 June 2025
The Swiss university repatriated the remains of the five kidnapped Kawésqar to the Chilean government in 2010.
—Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for repatriate
Noun
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In cities with large Norwegian communities, such as London, Seattle, and throughout the Midwest in the United States, expatriates and descendants of Norwegian immigrants come together to honor their heritage.—
David Nikel,
Forbes,
8 Mar. 2025
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Even if a covered expatriate has less than $890,000 of gain in his or her assets, being a covered expatriate has negative consequences.—
Robert W. Wood,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
Verb
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Homes are selling close to list price, with sellers receiving 98.6% on average.—
Matthew Glowicki,
The Courier-Journal,
29 July 2025
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Greenfield police and fire departments responded to the store at 4225 S. 108th St. around 11 a.m. after receiving calls about a vehicle that had struck the front of the building.—
Adrienne Davis,
jsonline.com,
29 July 2025
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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Trump made clear during Tuesday’s tour that naturalized U.S. citizens — who live in so many communities in Central Florida — may be next to face detention and deportation.—
Orlando Sentinel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 July 2025
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Of late, in a rare instance of going further than the right-wing Project 2025 itself, Trump has been testing out the notion of kicking U.S. citizens, naturalized and born here, out of the country too.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
7 July 2025
Noun
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Since President Donald Trump took office, Venezuela has received more than 7,000 deportees.—
Verónica Egui Brito,
Miami Herald,
18 July 2025
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The Justice Department brought charges against more than a dozen defendants in the July 4 attack against an ICE detention center in Alvarado, Texas, where a police officer was shot in the neck defending the center holding prospective deportees.—
Danielle Wallace,
FOXNews.com,
17 July 2025
Noun
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Often in host countries with poor governance a gray economy emerges where undocumented migrants must bribe venal officials for documentation to live or work.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
1 Aug. 2025
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The crackdown, which also restricts the flow of migrants to the U.S., has served as the biggest factor in a labor force that has shrunk by more than 300,000 since January, said economist Dante DeAntonio of Moody’s Analytics.—
Paul Davidson,
USA Today,
1 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The Gilded Age, remember, is also the era of Jacob Riis’ landmark photo essay, How the Other Half Lives (1890), which documented children sleeping in deserted buildings, immigrants crammed into filthy dormitories, and alleyways piled with trash.—
Deborah Williams
July 14,
Literary Hub,
14 July 2025
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Superman, however, has long been described by fans and critics as an immigrant.—
Conor Murray,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
Noun
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The quays around this warehouse saw millions of emigrants board ships bound for destinations such as America and Canada.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
19 May 2025
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Throughout the ages, Chimney Rock has stood as an important marker amid the unending grassland, first for Native Americans and later for Western emigrants and fur traders.—
Brian Higgins,
Outside Online,
27 May 2025
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“Repatriate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repatriate. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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