emigrates

verb

present tense third-person singular of emigrate
as in migrates
to leave a country or region to live elsewhere
—often + from My grandparents emigrated from Hungary.

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for emigrates
  1. migrates
  2. relocates
  3. departs
  4. exits
  5. moves
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  • Over millions of years, natural gas migrates upward from deeper source rocks into these porous pockets, where a dense overlying rock layer seals it in place.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 12 Nov. 2026
  • As power migrates from the head coach’s office, universities must relocate it —to the president, elsewhere in the athletics department, or the board.
    — Chris Park, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of migrates
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  • Desperate to rebuild her life, Maya relocates to Alaska, where she is partnered with Detective Joanna Doyle (Winnick), an accomplished officer carrying the weight of her own devastating past.
    — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2026
  • But Resurrection is a return to form, as our genial serial killer relocates to New York after his now-adult son starts his own murder spree.
    — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of relocates
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  • The property is also right next to the train depot where the Leadville railway departs.
    — Karthika Gupta, Travel + Leisure, 8 Nov. 2026
  • Its new incarnation features design contributions from Schrager and British minimalist designer John Pawson and departs from upscale boutique hotel tradition in several ways.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of departs
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  • Dry and cool week ahead After the rain exits Tuesday, North Texas will be dry and cool.
    — Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Her chances at having a baby only seemed to worsen in 2014, when a colorectal surgeon attempted to reposition her stoma — an opening in the abdomen through which waste exits the body — to make pregnancy possible, but the surgery was unsuccessful.
    — Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of exits
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  • The film has to meet the needs of romance, but isn’t that the problem, the expectation that life moves like genre?
    — Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 7 Nov. 2026
  • Amtrak and Canal Edge, LLC have an explicit financial interest in ensuring this project moves forward quickly.
    — Asal Rezaei, CBS News, 7 Nov. 2026
Definition of moves
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“Emigrates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emigrates. Accessed 14 Nov. 2026.

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