as in to migrate
to leave a country or region to live elsewhere
—often + from
My grandparents emigrated from Hungary.
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Recent Examples of emigrate
Mom and Dad emigrated separately from Ghana, met on the East Coast and raised their three kids in South Jersey.
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Alec Lewis, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2025
Later, her family emigrated to Los Angeles to run a linen business.
—News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Aug. 2025
Kimmel’s maternal great-grandparents emigrated to New York from Naples after an earthquake devastated their hometown, Ischia, in 1883.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2025
In total, four of the siblings emigrated, and today Teresa, Lola, and their brother Sean, 83, who also lives in New York, are the only surviving members of their generation.
—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Aug. 2025
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Alec Lewis, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2025
Later, her family emigrated to Los Angeles to run a linen business.
—News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Aug. 2025
Kimmel’s maternal great-grandparents emigrated to New York from Naples after an earthquake devastated their hometown, Ischia, in 1883.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2025
In total, four of the siblings emigrated, and today Teresa, Lola, and their brother Sean, 83, who also lives in New York, are the only surviving members of their generation.
—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for emigrate
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Today, the genomes of most modern humans whose ancestors migrated to Europe and Asia contain about 1% to 4% of Neanderthal DNA.—
Mindy Weisberger,
CNN Money,
28 Aug. 2025
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Every year, the marine mammals migrate from their summer feeding grounds to their winter breeding grounds, with some populations traveling back and forth between Antarctica and Australia.—
Brendan Rascius,
Miami Herald,
27 Aug. 2025
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Palestinians in Gaza would receive $5,000 and an aid package to relocate.—
Michele Chabin,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Sep. 2025
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Growing Up With Aunt Edna To Williams-Mbengue, Edna Lewis was simply Aunt Edna, the beloved caretaker who relocated to the Bronx (where Williams-Mbengue grew up) when her mother fell ill with tuberculosis and sought treatment in Philadelphia.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
5 Sep. 2025
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His wife, Deb, is a pillar of the community who spends her free time helping resettle refugees.—
Peter White,
Deadline,
30 Aug. 2025
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Catholic Charities, which has been helping to resettle refugees since 1962, has also been impacted by the funding freeze.—
Kelly Puente,
The Tennessean,
21 Aug. 2025
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Officers said — and video showed — the rancher moved his hands into his jacket after exiting his truck immediately following the crash.—
Nicole Blanchard,
Idaho Statesman,
7 Sep. 2025
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The website’s mobile observatory — which moves about in search of clear skies — will this year be in Cyprus, where the partial eclipse phases occur 30 minutes after moonrise, with totality an hour after that.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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Thelma When 93-year-old Thelma Post (June Squibb) receives a panicked phone call from someone posing as her grandson, she's duped into mailing $10,000 to bail him out of trouble.—
Hannah Kerns,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
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At an equally certain point, her fans and many of her critic champions bailed, at least for many years.—
David Browne,
Rolling Stone,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Emigrate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emigrate. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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