as in to relocate
to move from one place to another
Every fall, hundreds of college students migrate to this town.
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Recent Examples of migrate
The larvae migrate to tissues like the brain and form cysts, which are diagnosed when found in the central nervous system.
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Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 9 Aug. 2025
And there will be cost involved in fully migrating Hulu, including the live TV streaming portion of the service, over to Disney+.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 8 Aug. 2025
At a rate of 12.4 miles (20 kilometers) per 1 million years, the thermal anomaly has migrated about 1,118.5 miles (1,800 kilometers) from its point of origin as Earth’s crust ruptured near the Labrador Sea between Canada and Greenland.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2025
The cells actually dimpled inward as the mitochondria migrated, forming a halo around the nucleus.
—New Atlas, 3 Aug. 2025
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Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 9 Aug. 2025
And there will be cost involved in fully migrating Hulu, including the live TV streaming portion of the service, over to Disney+.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 8 Aug. 2025
At a rate of 12.4 miles (20 kilometers) per 1 million years, the thermal anomaly has migrated about 1,118.5 miles (1,800 kilometers) from its point of origin as Earth’s crust ruptured near the Labrador Sea between Canada and Greenland.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2025
The cells actually dimpled inward as the mitochondria migrated, forming a halo around the nucleus.
—New Atlas, 3 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for migrate
relocate
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Trump’s moves could scramble the economic trajectory of India, which until recently was seen as an alternative to China by American companies looking to relocate their manufacturing.—
Leo Schwartz,
Fortune,
7 Aug. 2025
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The Sun can’t be relocated from Connecticut without approval from the WNBA and its Board of Governors, and the Globe reported that the league could force the Mohegan Tribe to sell to an in-state buyer.—
Emily Adams,
Hartford Courant,
4 Aug. 2025
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“Migrate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/migrate. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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