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
Emily Maskell, Vulture, 18 June 2024
Covered expatriates face unique challenges, including a potential exit tax.
—Virginia La Torre Jeker, J.d., Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
The New Yorker, 9 July 2023
Leishmaniasis is rare in northern Saudi Arabia and Kuwait and had not been described as an endemic infection in the locals, expatriate guest workers or any of the Allied troops stationed in the region during World War II.
—Rebecca Kreston, Discover Magazine, 4 Nov. 2011
Virginia La Torre Jeker, J.d., Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
These jobs tended to be filled by expatriate guest workers: in 2011, Saudis made up less than 15 percent of the private-sector workforce.
—Jennifer Peck, Foreign Affairs, 19 June 2024
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Noun
Paris Was a Woman evokes the experience of time travel, transporting viewers to a cherished era of American women expatriates in Paris during the early decades of the 20th century.
—Emily Maskell, Vulture, 18 June 2024
Covered expatriates face unique challenges, including a potential exit tax.
—Virginia La Torre Jeker, J.d., Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
Verb
The biography is centered on the married couple Gerald and Sara Murphy, wealthy Americans who expatriated in the nineteen-twenties and devoted themselves to cultivating a bohemian life style in France.
—The New Yorker, 9 July 2023
Leishmaniasis is rare in northern Saudi Arabia and Kuwait and had not been described as an endemic infection in the locals, expatriate guest workers or any of the Allied troops stationed in the region during World War II.
—Rebecca Kreston, Discover Magazine, 4 Nov. 2011
Adjective
These problems would only be magnified in the more complex expatriate tax situation, where intricate rules and additional forms would further challenge the system's capabilities.
—Virginia La Torre Jeker, J.d., Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
These jobs tended to be filled by expatriate guest workers: in 2011, Saudis made up less than 15 percent of the private-sector workforce.
—Jennifer Peck, Foreign Affairs, 19 June 2024
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Noun
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Iran would never choose a Rasoulof movie as its official Oscar submission, but the film qualified as German thanks to its Berlin co-producers and Rasoulof’s status as a refugee there.—
Scott Roxborough,
The Hollywood Reporter,
10 Jan. 2025
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Amer has a talent for bringing lightness to heavy topics such as asylum hearings and refugee status.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA TODAY,
9 Jan. 2025
Verb
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In Act 4, Prospero, the former Duke of Milan who has been exiled to a desert island with daughter Miranda, and his magic book, interrupts his revenge scheme to conjure a supernatural theatrical pageant in honor of the engagement of Miranda and Ferdinand, the son of the king of Naples.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Jan. 2025
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As a result, its people have been imprisoned, exiled, and murdered.—
Keith Gessen,
The New Yorker,
10 Jan. 2025
Verb
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The Drag Queen was the first traitor to be caught and banished by the faithfuls.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA TODAY,
17 Jan. 2025
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For instance, long runs that might have once banished you to the couch for the rest of the weekend should eventually start to feel more routine.—
Cindy Kuzma,
SELF,
16 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Everybody was happy with the dark horse because of something good, even for the industry, that this kind of movie can have this attention, with a foreign actress speaking another language.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
11 Jan. 2025
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Kamala Harris, Democratic vice president of the United States, canceled the final foreign trip of her term to Singapore, Bahrain and Germany because of the wildfires in her home state of California, her office announced.—
Democrat-Gazette staff from wire reports,
arkansasonline.com,
11 Jan. 2025
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