as in deportation
the forced removal from a homeland
the brutal expatriation of thousands of Cherokee to Indian Territory is now commonly referred to as the Trail of Tears
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Recent Examples of expatriation
This will cause an immediate expatriation for tax purposes.
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Virginia La Torre Jeker, J.d., Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
Georges Simenon tried to escape his mother via success and money and expatriation, writing nearly four hundred novels and becoming very rich.
—Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 6 June 2023
Is its primary purpose to deter expatriation (preventing episodes like the one involving Ratcliffe), or to seek equivalence to the capital gain outcome that would have occurred if an actual sale took place the day before the person left the country?
—Robert Goulder, Forbes, 7 June 2021
Pessoa would spend most of the next decade in Durban, and Zenith reasonably conjectures that expatriation at such a young age, into the household of a stepfather, no less, to which five half siblings were rapidly added, contributed to Pessoa’s lifelong attitude and posture as a stranger.
—Benjamin Kunkel, Harper's Magazine, 26 Oct. 2021
Compared with the 36,840 names that have appeared on the Federal Register’s expatriation list this decade, fewer than 2,500 were published for 2005 through 2009.
—Jo Craven McGinty, WSJ, 16 Oct. 2020
Many people are fascinated by the Black expatriate experience, but most of that expatriation happened in the late twenties and early thirties.
—Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2022
The physical act of expatriation becomes a realization event.
—Robert Goulder, Forbes, 7 June 2021
Black women have charted a travel path that includes everything from exploration and expatriation to building luxury businesses and high-quality experiences.
—Imani Bashir, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Aug. 2020
Virginia La Torre Jeker, J.d., Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
Georges Simenon tried to escape his mother via success and money and expatriation, writing nearly four hundred novels and becoming very rich.
—Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 6 June 2023
Is its primary purpose to deter expatriation (preventing episodes like the one involving Ratcliffe), or to seek equivalence to the capital gain outcome that would have occurred if an actual sale took place the day before the person left the country?
—Robert Goulder, Forbes, 7 June 2021
Pessoa would spend most of the next decade in Durban, and Zenith reasonably conjectures that expatriation at such a young age, into the household of a stepfather, no less, to which five half siblings were rapidly added, contributed to Pessoa’s lifelong attitude and posture as a stranger.
—Benjamin Kunkel, Harper's Magazine, 26 Oct. 2021
Compared with the 36,840 names that have appeared on the Federal Register’s expatriation list this decade, fewer than 2,500 were published for 2005 through 2009.
—Jo Craven McGinty, WSJ, 16 Oct. 2020
Many people are fascinated by the Black expatriate experience, but most of that expatriation happened in the late twenties and early thirties.
—Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2022
The physical act of expatriation becomes a realization event.
—Robert Goulder, Forbes, 7 June 2021
Black women have charted a travel path that includes everything from exploration and expatriation to building luxury businesses and high-quality experiences.
—Imani Bashir, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Aug. 2020
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“Expatriation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expatriation. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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