as in migrates
to leave a country or region to live elsewhere
—often + from
My grandparents emigrated from Hungary.
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Your bed frame, headboard and floor beneath the bed collect dust that migrates right back onto the mattress.—
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
10 Apr. 2026 -
For the next three weeks, the industry migrates to Indio.—
Jesse Kirshbaum,
SPIN,
10 Apr. 2026
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Under the bill, state incentives would be clawed back if a team relocates its stadium, headquarters or training facility outside of Missouri.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
16 Apr. 2026
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That relocates the blame in the mother.—
Fiction Non Fiction,
Literary Hub,
9 Apr. 2026
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House Speaker Mike Johnson departs after a vote at the Capitol on March 26, 2026.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
17 Apr. 2026
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But in the fourth episode of the season, the show departs from this reliable structure.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
16 Apr. 2026
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Meanwhile, three oil supertankers transited the narrow waterway, representing the biggest day of oil exits through Hormuz since Iran closed off the chokepoint through which one-fifth of the world’s oil passed before the war.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
11 Apr. 2026
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Light is channeled along the length of each cantilever via a waveguide, and exits at its tip.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
9 Apr. 2026
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Each of us moves through a world strewn with figurative mountains and molehills, continually assessing what matters more and what matters less.—
Nikhil Krishnan,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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What was a human being a second before is now a head bobbing among the waves as the vessel moves quickly away.—
David Szondy
April 19,
New Atlas,
19 Apr. 2026
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“Emigrates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emigrates. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.
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