migration
noun
mi·gra·tion
mī-ˈgrā-shən 
: the act, process, or an instance of migrating
watched the migration of the birds overhead
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What’s happening in the world right now is the biggest migration of people in history.
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Marta Balaga, Variety, 7 Sep. 2024
Here are the states with the largest declines of young and rich households in 2022, according to SmartAsset:
Notably, migration in these states happened at a significantly larger scale than the states that gained young, wealthy residents.
—Kamaron McNair, CNBC, 6 Sep. 2024
As migration grows – and immigration laws become more restrictive – the trafficking of migrants desperate to reach the U.S. has flourished.
—Jody García, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Sep. 2024
Siow attributes some of this new direction to the blending of cultures caused by the migration patterns of the 1980s, which brought families from Southern Asia, Japan, the Middle East and Europe.
—Charlie Vargas, Orange County Register, 3 Sep. 2024
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Marta Balaga, Variety, 7 Sep. 2024
Here are the states with the largest declines of young and rich households in 2022, according to SmartAsset:
Notably, migration in these states happened at a significantly larger scale than the states that gained young, wealthy residents.
—Kamaron McNair, CNBC, 6 Sep. 2024
As migration grows – and immigration laws become more restrictive – the trafficking of migrants desperate to reach the U.S. has flourished.
—Jody García, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Sep. 2024
Siow attributes some of this new direction to the blending of cultures caused by the migration patterns of the 1980s, which brought families from Southern Asia, Japan, the Middle East and Europe.
—Charlie Vargas, Orange County Register, 3 Sep. 2024
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migration
noun
mi·gra·tion
mī-ˈgrā-shən
: the act, process, or an instance of migrating
migration of larval nematodes to the lungs
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