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
Sessen Mengist is an Eritrean-American writer still reeling from the culture and temperature shock of emigrating from East Africa to the suburbs of Minnesota.
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Katie Campione, Deadline, 2 Mar. 2026
My Blankfein ancestors were Yiddish-speaking Jews who emigrated in the 1880s from a shtetl that was then in Russia and is now part of Poland.
—CBS News, 27 Feb. 2026
As a result of the mass movement, nearly 125,000 Cubans were allowed to emigrate to the United States in a span of five months.
—Terry Collins, USA Today, 25 Feb. 2026
Thousands of doctors being paid state wages that can hardly afford them a carton of eggs have emigrated from the country and hospitals have rapidly deteriorated.
—ABC News, 20 Feb. 2026
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Katie Campione, Deadline, 2 Mar. 2026
My Blankfein ancestors were Yiddish-speaking Jews who emigrated in the 1880s from a shtetl that was then in Russia and is now part of Poland.
—CBS News, 27 Feb. 2026
As a result of the mass movement, nearly 125,000 Cubans were allowed to emigrate to the United States in a span of five months.
—Terry Collins, USA Today, 25 Feb. 2026
Thousands of doctors being paid state wages that can hardly afford them a carton of eggs have emigrated from the country and hospitals have rapidly deteriorated.
—ABC News, 20 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for emigrate
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Birds are beginning to migrate north to their summer ranges.—
Becky Wern,
Florida Times-Union,
7 Mar. 2026
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Many of the apps have since come back online after companies scrambled to migrate servers, but the downtime of services that many use daily highlights how digital infrastructure has become a strategic target.—
Kai Nicol-Schwarz,
CNBC,
6 Mar. 2026
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The company is the latest among a slew of businesses to relocate operations outside the Golden State to cut costs and improve profitability.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Mar. 2026
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The messages offer a behind-the-scenes look at the debate over whether Dallas should repair the aging building or relocate government operations.—
Nick Wooten,
Dallas Morning News,
11 Mar. 2026
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In 2009, the church began sponsoring a Karenni family, members of an ethnic minority who fled violence and persecution in Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, and had been living in refugee camps in Thailand before resettling in the United States.—
Kayla Huynh,
jsonline.com,
27 Feb. 2026
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Redevelopment hopes are now pinned to gentrification, the movement by the middle class to resettle and reclaim deteriorated urban neighborhoods.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
27 Feb. 2026
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This led investigators to determine that Michael’s body was once buried in the backyard, but moved before the excavation.—
Alex Brizee
March 5,
Idaho Statesman,
6 Mar. 2026
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With this framework in place, the robots can move with human-like agility, run, jump, and climb over obstacles in urban or natural environments.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Mar. 2026
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The mother [Cordelia, played by Natascha McElhone] is in an asylum, and the one who bails Sherlock out of trouble, the one who has to take a responsible job, is Mycroft [played by Max Irons].—
Max Gao,
Variety,
5 Mar. 2026
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Freeman says Duncan's family saw the warning signs and still bailed him out.—
Ubah Ali,
CBS News,
27 Feb. 2026
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“Emigrate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emigrate. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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