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
The 25-year-old was born in Bakersfield to parents who emigrated from Mexico.
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Sacbee.com, 30 Oct. 2025
Smotrich and Ben-Gvir are eager to occupy Gaza, of course, and even to encourage the Palestinians to emigrate from Gaza.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2025
Kariat’s parents emigrated from a small village in India to Canada.
—Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
His father lost his position when the Nazis came to power in 1933, and the family emigrated to South Africa.
—David Moin, Footwear News, 20 Oct. 2025
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Sacbee.com, 30 Oct. 2025
Smotrich and Ben-Gvir are eager to occupy Gaza, of course, and even to encourage the Palestinians to emigrate from Gaza.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2025
Kariat’s parents emigrated from a small village in India to Canada.
—Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
His father lost his position when the Nazis came to power in 1933, and the family emigrated to South Africa.
—David Moin, Footwear News, 20 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for emigrate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for emigrate
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Pritam witnessed firsthand the horrors of Partition—communal riots forced her to migrate to India from Pakistan in 1947 with nothing but her two small children and a red shawl.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
30 Oct. 2025
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To that end, Beam will also offer practical training sessions and workshops that allow production companies and other entertainment business to better migrate members of their teams to digital workflows.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
29 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Construction requires resurfacing roads and relocating utilities, creating traffic disruptions.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Nov. 2025
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The couple relocated to Welders House, their longtime country estate in England, just weeks before the musician’s death in July.—
Wendy Bowman,
Robb Report,
7 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Nearly half of Cincinnati’s Black residents eventually resettled in Canada.—
Equal Justice Initiative,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
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Muzhda Oriakhil, senior community engagement manager at Friends of Refugees, an Atlanta-area nonprofit that helps refugees resettle, said her group and others are scrambling to provide temporary food assistance for refugee families.—
Renuka Rayasam,
ABC News,
30 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Then, at the next vehicle entrance, the city is proposing a tunnel so bike traffic can move without interacting with cars.—
Amir Mahmoud,
Arkansas Online,
9 Nov. 2025
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Even 6 inches of swiftly moving water can forcefully knock you off your feet.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Nov. 2025
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So, the solution to the health care affordability crisis is going to be to take health care away from some millions of people and also bail Republicans out politically?—
Nathaniel Weixel,
The Hill,
6 Nov. 2025
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In other words, investors might bail on companies such as Nvidia, Oracle, and CoreWeave, whose fates are deemed too closely tied up with OpenAI’s.—
Sharon Goldman,
Fortune,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Emigrate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emigrate. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.
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