How to Use expat in a Sentence

expat

noun
  • This is true even of French expats.
    — Hannah Seligson, Vanity Fair, 12 Feb. 2026
  • There is only one way to be an expat.
    — Taiye Selasi, New Yorker, 31 May 2026
  • Does her status as an expat play into it?
    — Nina Mesfin, New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Hawaii expats to the mainland brought their love of Spam musubis with them.
    — Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 8 Aug. 2023
  • Panama ranked as the best country for expats for a second year in a row.
    — Celia Fernandez, CNBC, 23 Sep. 2025
  • To honor the expat poet, the town has named the street in front of his house after him.
    — Rick Steves, Chicago Tribune, 13 Jan. 2026
  • For the first time ever expats were allowed to cast their votes from abroad in this election.
    — Nazih Osseiran and Sune Engel Rasmussen, WSJ, 6 May 2018
  • Distressed that their dream has turned sour, these expats are desperate to get out.
    — The Week Uk, TheWeek, 14 Mar. 2026
  • While living abroad can be thrilling, being an expat comes with a bevy of unique challenges.
    — Madeline Fitzgerald, Quartz, 25 Dec. 2024
  • The expat-friendly district is known for its trendy bars, clubs and restaurants.
    — Hyung-Jin Kim, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Oct. 2022
  • But Swift and the band are also linked as country music expats of sorts.
    — Emily Yahr, Washington Post, 26 Aug. 2019
  • Get a map of Paris and plan your days around sightseeing and meeting expats in cafes.
    — Heloise, Washington Post, 21 June 2019
  • Diplomatic staff in many cities were unprepared for the long lines of expats.
    — Christine Armario, Washington Post, 27 July 2024
  • But expats struggle with many other aspects of life in the country.
    — Rebecca Ann Hughes, Fortune Europe, 5 Aug. 2024
  • Rumors said that the Zone's snack bar had been robbed (true), and that one of the expats had been raped (false).
    — Mark Schone, WIRED, 1 Nov. 2000
  • The blessing and the curse of Australia, for us expats, is its distance.
    — Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 23 Feb. 2023
  • According to the lawyer, the future expats would help fund the village.
    — Prem Thakker, The New Republic, 12 May 2023
  • The visa is just one more reason for full-time travelers and expats to put Japan on their radar.
    — Hannah Towey, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Feb. 2024
  • The top 10 most livable cities for expats are listed below.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 3 June 2026
  • As an adult, he's been an expat ever since a stint in the Peace Corps in Ukraine.
    — Jonathon Ramsey, Car and Driver, 8 July 2022
  • It’s also considered one of the hardest places to make friends and settle in as an expat.
    — Chloé Skye Weiser, Contributor, CNBC, 26 Nov. 2024
  • For an expat living thousands of miles away from my family, this was one of my biggest fears.
    — Soph Warnes, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2025
  • In second place is Oman, a country that often flies under the radar for expat life.
    — Taryn White, Travel + Leisure, 30 June 2026
  • Yes, Oprah has a palatial house there, and a certain English expat calls it home.
    — Christine Lennon, Sunset Magazine, 19 July 2023
  • Becoming an expat is a big decision, and the list of where to relocate to can be very long.
    — Kristine Hansen, Travel + Leisure, 13 Nov. 2025
  • Randy Kennedy is one of those Texas expats who can’t shake the state from his imagination.
    — Dan Singer, Dallas News, 27 Jan. 2020
  • Downstairs, in the Monastery penthouse, a dozen or so other expats were hanging out.
    — Nellie Bowles, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2018
  • Belize’s health care system receives mixed reviews from expats.
    — Kathleen Peddicord, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
  • That is what has inspired the optimism among the expat Venezuelans.
    — Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 11 Mar. 2026
  • But which international city is the most expensive in the world for expats to move to?
    — Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN, 16 June 2024

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