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
But in the ensuing years, many young Jews emigrated — particularly during the 24-year Ceaușescu dictatorship, which allowed 1,500 Jews to leave every year from 1965 to 1989 in exchange for cash payments of between $2,000 and $25,000 each, plus Israeli military assistance to Romania.
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Larry Luxner, Sun Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2025
Danny is part of a generation that emigrated en masse, pushed out by a political, social, and economic crisis that forced him to leave behind his country, his friends, his childhood, everything.
—Martín Toro, Rolling Stone, 21 Aug. 2025
Mom and Dad emigrated separately from Ghana, met on the East Coast and raised their three kids in South Jersey.
—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
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Larry Luxner, Sun Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2025
Danny is part of a generation that emigrated en masse, pushed out by a political, social, and economic crisis that forced him to leave behind his country, his friends, his childhood, everything.
—Martín Toro, Rolling Stone, 21 Aug. 2025
Mom and Dad emigrated separately from Ghana, met on the East Coast and raised their three kids in South Jersey.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for emigrate
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Premium trims gain ventilated front seats, and the gear selector migrates to the steering column, ostensibly to free up cabin space.—
Josh Max,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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In one instance, at finer resolution, the jet stream — a fast current of air that circles the Earth — migrated to the wrong location in the simulation.—
Zack Savitsky,
Quanta Magazine,
15 Sep. 2025
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Most of them — 69 people — were relocated to emergency shelters, while 22 others were placed in some form of permanent housing.—
Max Klaver,
Miami Herald,
12 Sep. 2025
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Carman Chan, founder of Click Ventures, a single-family office, similarly noted that many of her family office peers who set up businesses in Singapore are relocating back to Hong Kong.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
12 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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Plants can’t move like people do, so they are exposed to the sun all day long, Fuller said.—
Saleen Martin,
USA Today,
14 Sep. 2025
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Both offenses are moving with little resistance thus far.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
14 Sep. 2025
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Rely on your charm and diplomacy to bail you out.—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
10 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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“Emigrate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emigrate. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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