move to
idiom
1
: to cause (someone) to feel (an emotion and especially sadness or sympathy)
He's not easily moved to anger.
2
: to cause (someone) to act or think in a specified way
The report moved me to change my mind.
His arguments moved them to reconsider the plan.
I felt moved to speak.
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Since making the move to fire Franklin, the Nittany Lions have been connected to a lot of different names.
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Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2025
Could the move to the new community with all the adjustments involved be the cause?
—Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 28 Nov. 2025
But some wonder if allowing the wolves to move to higher latitudes and mingle with other northern gray wolf populations might be a better solution to their long-term survival.
—Sarah Henry, AZCentral.com, 28 Nov. 2025
The Council on American-Islamic Relations, a Muslim civil rights and advocacy group, said the anger over the crime must be directed at the perpetrator and not every Afghan national in the US or seeking to move to the US.
—Josh Wingrove, Fortune, 27 Nov. 2025
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Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2025
Could the move to the new community with all the adjustments involved be the cause?
—Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 28 Nov. 2025
But some wonder if allowing the wolves to move to higher latitudes and mingle with other northern gray wolf populations might be a better solution to their long-term survival.
—Sarah Henry, AZCentral.com, 28 Nov. 2025
The Council on American-Islamic Relations, a Muslim civil rights and advocacy group, said the anger over the crime must be directed at the perpetrator and not every Afghan national in the US or seeking to move to the US.
—Josh Wingrove, Fortune, 27 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for move to
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“Move to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/move%20to. Accessed 2 Dec. 2025.
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