emigrate

verb

Definition of emigratenext
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 Her family, who emigrated from the Congo, described her smile as warm and her demeanor as gentle. — Caitlin McGlade, Charlotte Observer, 31 July 2026 Advertisement Beyond oil, what is your strategy for rebuilding an economy that saw millions of Venezuelans emigrate? — Eric Cortellessa, Time, 30 July 2026 The experience prompted Tokmak, who emigrated from Turkey on a full scholarship to Stanford, to leave her role as director of engineering at Scale AI to start Netic to bring AI to trade businesses like plumbing and HVAC. — Richard Nieva, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026 Some of his forebears emigrated before the genocide; others barely got out. — Sarah Larson, New Yorker, 19 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for emigrate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for emigrate
  1. migrate
  2. relocate
  3. resettle
  4. move
  5. bail
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  • While these divisions didn't survive after the Cochin Jews migrated to Israel and elsewhere, the bitter remnants still haunt the community's legacy.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The child’s arm wraps around the woman’s neck, where the brown of her hair migrates into the pale flesh of his wrist.
    — Carmen Rosenberg-Miller, Artforum, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of migrate
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  • Later that year, after Meghan and Harry stepped back from their royal roles and relocated to California, they were spotted on a double date at Lucky’s Steakhouse in Montecito with McPhee and Foster.
    — Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE, 8 Aug. 2026
  • In 1997, the Moersch family purchased and relocated an Amish round barn from the cornfields of Indiana and rebuilt the structure, which eventually was unveiled as Round Barn Winery.
    — Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of relocate
Verb
  • Refugee aid programs have resettled many Congolese families in the suburbs north of the nation’s capital, as their nation has been rived by war, unrest and now an Ebola outbreak.
    — Jesus Jiménez, New York Times, 30 June 2026
  • Captain Alphonso Davies, Canada’s best player, was born to Liberian parents in a refugee camp in Ghana before being resettled in Edmonton, becoming a citizen in 2017.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2026
Definition of resettle
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  • The Gemini Moon moves through your 9th House of Learning and sextiles the Leo Sun in your 11th House of Community, helping big-picture thinking connect with friends, groups, or shared goals.
    — Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Though less significant than the Strait of Hormuz, around 12% of the world’s trade, including a fourth of global container traffic, once passed through Bab el-Mandeb, moving between Europe and Asia via Egypt’s Suez Canal.
    — Fatma Khaled, Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of move
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  • When all four girls are arrested for drug use, a local drug dealer (Franco) bails them out and subsequently draws them into a gang turf war.
    — Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 7 Aug. 2026
  • In other words, nearly half of America’s crypto investors have bailed.
    — Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 26 July 2026
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