Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for repatriates
Noun
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Greece has long been a favored gateway to Europe for migrants and refugees from the Middle East, Africa and Asia.—
Reuters,
CNN Money,
4 Feb. 2026 -
America was the multicultural sanctuary that took in refugees like my parents by the tens of thousands and welcomed them into our land.—
Dr. Michael Good,
Hartford Courant,
3 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Each skill in a skating program receives a grade of execution.—
Robert Samuels,
Washington Post,
10 Feb. 2026
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In addition, the first-place award winner receives a $1,500 college scholarship.—
Myrna Petlicki,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The border was a mess, that everybody admits.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
8 Feb. 2026
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Eaton, too, admits the price and hype of the big game have gotten to be a lot.—
Patrick Whittle,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Feb. 2026
Noun
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When there’s major news involving Venezuela, TV cameras reflexively rush to Doral, hoping to document the reactions of expatriates living in Florida.—
Anthony Man,
Sun Sentinel,
10 Jan. 2026
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Remittances by expatriates amounted to nearly $14 billion in the second quarter of the year, the most recent data available shows — an increase of about 50% since 2017.—
Matthew Martin,
semafor.com,
16 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Generally, the judges who’ve released detainees say the federal government is wrongly arguing that a statute that historically applied to migrants caught at the border can be applied to anyone seeking to gain legal status to remain in the United States.—
Cristóbal Reyes,
The Orlando Sentinel,
13 Feb. 2026
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The continent’s eroding religious traditions and cultural loyalties, and its surging population of Muslim migrants, are a constant and gloomy obsession in Dreher’s posts.—
Robert F. Worth,
The Atlantic,
13 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Fleurijean said a similar fear is palpable today among Haitian immigrants in Springfield.—
Dan Horn,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
5 Feb. 2026
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In Idaho, agents have changed their tactics, like smashing car windows and pushing for the mandatory detention of immigrants, according to previous Statesman reporting.—
Idaho Statesman,
Idaho Statesman,
5 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The city’s Hadhramis are descendants of the emigrants from Yemen’s Hadhramout region who began settling in Johor in the 1800s.—
Jeff Chu,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Feb. 2026
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Malinin is the son of two former Olympic skaters, Tatiana Malinina and Roman Skorniakov, Russian emigrants who competed for Uzbekistan but came to Virginia in 1998.—
Sally Jenkins,
The Atlantic,
1 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The Palestinian Red Crescent said 17 medical evacuees and 27 companions had begun the crossing into Egypt.—
SAMY MAGDY,
Arkansas Online,
9 Feb. 2026
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The Palestinian Red Crescent said 17 medical evacuees and 27 companions had begun the crossing into Egypt.—
Samy Magdy,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Feb. 2026
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“Repatriates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repatriates. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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