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- verb Canada To assume control of a governmental power from a former mother country.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Q.E.D., she chose not to, thus preserving a kind of privacy for herself that was reinforced by her life as an ex-patriate.
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They want to get off on the ex-patriate lifestyle.
MP Nunan: "Off the Map" Is Off the Mark MP Nunan 2011
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And, depending on the next couple of election cycles, I may move to Europe and become another ex-patriate nutter on the dole.
LNN interviews Casey Rae-Hunter on his new album : The Lovecraft News Network 2010
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This picture was sent to me by Bill Godwin-Toby, an ex-patriate Canadian working in Austria.
Mementoes 2010
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They want to get off on the ex-patriate lifestyle.
MP Nunan: "Off the Map" Is Off the Mark MP Nunan 2011
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And, depending on the next couple of election cycles, I may move to Europe and become another ex-patriate nutter on the dole.
Archive 2010-01-01 2010
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The Lake Chapala region of Jalisco, Mexico, with its wonderful climate and large base of ex-patriate residents, has become a v ... read more exploring-tourism index-page
Mexico Real Estate: buying renting and owning property in Mexico 2008
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Wonder if the shady American industrialist who comes to the island bearing "gifts" and the mysterious, gorgeous Lapuatuan ex-patriate are up to no good.
Disney Developing Monster Attack Network Adaptation « FirstShowing.net 2008
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The Lake Chapala region of Jalisco, Mexico, with its wonderful climate and large base of ex-patriate residents, has become a v ... read more exploring-tourism index-page
Mexico Real Estate: buying renting and owning property in Mexico 2008
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Form a group of the best ex-patriate Russian entrepreneurs living in the U.S.,
Daniel Isenberg: Dear President Medvedev: Stop Emulating Silicon Valley Daniel Isenberg 2010
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