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The 11 included Saddleback College expat Barnuevo, who, en route to those 50 goals, has found the back of the net nearly 57% of the time.
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Brian Robin, Oc Register, 17 Oct. 2025
Winding roads eventually lead to Hotel Corazón, a former finca — a country estate — growing produce on its cantilevered farmland that has been transformed by two expat artists into a boho chic retreat.
—Emilio Parra Doiztua, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
The factors that influence GDP growth are labor and productivity, and the Gulf already has an edge in finding workers — both expats and a young local population.
—Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 9 Oct. 2025
Does her status as an expat play into it?
—Nina Mesfin, New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2025
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Brian Robin, Oc Register, 17 Oct. 2025
Winding roads eventually lead to Hotel Corazón, a former finca — a country estate — growing produce on its cantilevered farmland that has been transformed by two expat artists into a boho chic retreat.
—Emilio Parra Doiztua, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
The factors that influence GDP growth are labor and productivity, and the Gulf already has an edge in finding workers — both expats and a young local population.
—Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 9 Oct. 2025
Does her status as an expat play into it?
—Nina Mesfin, New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for expat
refugee
Noun
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Afghan refugees like him await their asylum decisions in an increasingly hostile climate marked by ICE raids and deportations.—
Vidushi Mishti Sharma,
Rolling Stone,
24 Oct. 2025
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These include executive orders and regulatory changes to enforce immigration laws more strictly, pause or restrict refugee resettlement, reinstate rapid-expulsion policies like Title 42, expedite deportations, and increase border barrier construction.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Expat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expat. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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