move in

verb

moved in; moving in; moves in

intransitive verb

: to occupy a dwelling or place of work
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Old school computer gamers will be intimately familiar with the dungeon crawler genre, popularized by games like Wizardry and Eye of the Beholder, which involves moving in first-person on a grid, taking on monsters, finding treasure and delving deeper into a labyrinth. Jason Bennett, Arkansas Online, 28 June 2026 Utah's state forester, Jamie Barnes, told reporters that fires across the state this season had been moving in ways that had stretched Utah's firefighting capacity to its limits, with new fires beginning closer to populated areas than in previous years. Willem Marx, NPR, 28 June 2026 To escape a surge in Chicago’s gang violence, Natalie Ammons and her family moved in 1979 to a home just a few hundred yards from one of the world’s biggest steel mills. John Lippert, Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2026 When turf begins to thin, other plants often move in to fill the gaps. Markis Hill, Kansas City Star, 28 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for move in

Word History

First Known Use

1850, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of move in was in 1850

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“Move in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/move%20in. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.

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