emigrated

verb

past tense of emigrate
as in migrated
to leave a country or region to live elsewhere
—often + from My grandparents emigrated from Hungary.

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Recent Examples of emigrated The footballer’s father, Mounir Nasraoui, emigrated to the working-class enclave from Morocco; and his mother, Sheila Ebana, came from Equatorial Guinea. — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 16 July 2026 Mario emigrated from Tijuana more than 40 years ago, bringing his homegrown cooking skills across the border. — Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2026 My family eventually emigrated to Sweden, and literary success followed. — Literary Hub, 15 July 2026 Hilton’s mother and father emigrated from Hungary to England, where he was born. — Linh Tat, Daily News, 15 July 2026 The Neill family emigrated to Christchurch on the South Island of New Zealand when Neill was just seven. — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 13 July 2026 Villafaña emigrated to the United States in 2020 and was living in Alabama when ICE agents detained him. — Sonia Osorio, Miami Herald, 8 July 2026 Many Venezuelans emigrated, including about a third of the nation's doctors, according to the Venezuelan Medical Federation. — Durrie Bouscaren, NPR, 8 July 2026 The first Strong ancestor emigrated from England to New England in 1635, according to The Washington Post. — Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 5 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for emigrated
  1. migrated
  2. relocated
  3. resettled
  4. moved
  5. departed
  6. bailed
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  • While native to South America and the Caribbean, the screwworm migrated north through Central America and Mexico after a 2023 outbreak in Panama and Costa Rica, the CDC says.
    — Shiv Sudhakar, FOXNews.com, 14 July 2026
  • The brands that migrated early and fixed their reporting first kept control of their spend.
    — Tony Adam, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
Definition of migrated
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  • However, Archie has remained largely out of the public eye since Meghan and Harry stepped back from their royal roles in 2020 and relocated to California.
    — Simon Perry, PEOPLE, 4 July 2026
  • By the late 19th century, the company relocated major operations to South Milwaukee, where a sprawling factory complex allowed engineers and machinists to push the limits of what these machines could do.
    — Malika Bowling, USA Today, 3 July 2026
Definition of relocated
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  • 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 resettled
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  • Salvador Perez hit a homer off Padres reliever Matt Waldron, a two-run shot that moved the Royals captain slightly closer to the club’s all-time record.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 19 July 2026
  • Trump then took the microphone and moved the conversation onto Balogun’s red card.
    — Adam Crafton, New York Times, 18 July 2026
Definition of moved
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  • The vessels reportedly departed from Myanmar’s western Rakhine State in late June and were carrying mostly Rohingya passengers, according to a joint statement from the International Organization for Migration and the UN Refugee Agency Thursday.
    — Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 16 July 2026
  • Historic words from mission to the moon On July 16, the astronauts had departed the Kennedy Space Center in a historic and globally watched mission to land a human on the moon for the first time.
    — Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 14 July 2026
Definition of departed
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  • Nissan’s deepest crisis yet Nissan, founded in 1933, is emerging from its lowest point since at least 1999, when French carmaker Renault bailed it out, and perhaps at any point in its 92-year-long history.
    — Andrew Staples, Fortune, 3 July 2026
  • But his former Milan team-mate, Mike Maignan, bailed him out with a trademark stop.
    — James Horncastle, New York Times, 26 June 2026
Definition of bailed

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