as in relocation
the act of moving or being moved out of one place and into another
The family spent months planning their migration to a new country.
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Recent Examples of migration
Chinese galleries have been steadily expanding their presence in New York in the past few years, mirroring a broader migration trend as more wealthy Chinese individuals move to the United States.
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Hok-Hang Cheung For Artnews, Robb Report, 11 May 2025
Leo is expected to lean more progressive on social issues like migration and poverty but fall more in line with moderates on moral issues of Catholic doctrine.
—Lauren Kent, CNN Money, 8 May 2025
For those more adventurous types – tarantula migrations happen in the late summer.
—Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 7 May 2025
Biden created the parole program so people from the four countries would have a new legal avenue to come to the U.S for two years, in an attempt to reduce irregular migration at the U.S.-Mexico border.
—Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 6 May 2025
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Hok-Hang Cheung For Artnews, Robb Report, 11 May 2025
Leo is expected to lean more progressive on social issues like migration and poverty but fall more in line with moderates on moral issues of Catholic doctrine.
—Lauren Kent, CNN Money, 8 May 2025
For those more adventurous types – tarantula migrations happen in the late summer.
—Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 7 May 2025
Biden created the parole program so people from the four countries would have a new legal avenue to come to the U.S for two years, in an attempt to reduce irregular migration at the U.S.-Mexico border.
—Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 6 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for migration
emigration
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The Russian government does not keep comprehensive statistics on emigration, but the research platform Re: Russia has estimated that 820,000 to 920,000 people left Russia between February 24, 2022, and July 2023.—
Alexander Cooley,
Foreign Affairs,
16 Apr. 2025
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In turn, Venezuela would agree to slow emigration or maybe take back millions of migrants deported from the U.S.—
Marc Caputo,
Axios,
18 Jan. 2025
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“Migration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/migration. Accessed 18 May. 2025.
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