relocate
verb
re·lo·cate
(ˌ)rē-ˈlō-ˌkāt 
ˌrē-lō-ˈkāt
relocated; relocating; relocates
: to locate again : establish or lay out in a new place
: to move to a new location
Examples of relocate in a Sentence
He relocated to Los Angeles for his new job.
How can we convince more businesses to relocate to this city?
The company decided to relocate its headquarters.
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Florida’s housing market was one of the hottest during the pandemic due to the state’s appeal to remote workers, retirees, and investors who relocated from high-cost states like New York and California seeking more space, lower taxes, and lenient COVID restrictions.
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Sydney Lake, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2025
People had been living in the houses before they were moved, people who had to be relocated and then lost the generational wealth that was in the properties.
—Kim Velsey, Curbed, 20 Oct. 2025
Not long after their wedding, the couple relocated from Utah to Hawaii for Nate’s job.
—Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2025
Judge Mark Pittman, in a sharply ironic four-page order on Thursday, encouraged the companies to relocate their headquarters to Fort Worth, given their preference for the antitrust lawsuit to be heard there.
—Dan Mangan,josephine Rozzelle, CNBC, 19 Oct. 2025
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Sydney Lake, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2025
People had been living in the houses before they were moved, people who had to be relocated and then lost the generational wealth that was in the properties.
—Kim Velsey, Curbed, 20 Oct. 2025
Not long after their wedding, the couple relocated from Utah to Hawaii for Nate’s job.
—Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2025
Judge Mark Pittman, in a sharply ironic four-page order on Thursday, encouraged the companies to relocate their headquarters to Fort Worth, given their preference for the antitrust lawsuit to be heard there.
—Dan Mangan,josephine Rozzelle, CNBC, 19 Oct. 2025
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“Relocate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/relocate. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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relocate
verb
re·lo·cate
(ˈ)rē-ˈlō-ˌkāt
ˌrē-lō-ˈkāt
1
: to locate again
2
: to move to a new location
relocate a factory
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