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
Decades of foreign policy, and most recently, the decimation of foreign aid, has created conditions in which people across the Americas must migrate for survival.
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Taylor Crumpton, Time, 10 Feb. 2026
The hearing wasn’t to focus on the merger itself, but on whether the broadcast ownership limits still make sense as viewers have migrated to streaming and tech giants like Meta and Google have siphoned off local ad markets.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 10 Feb. 2026
Sunday not only represented an important day for Borregales and his family but also embodied the American Dream for Venezuelans and Latinos who have migrated to this nation in pursuit of success, Vivian Borregales shared.
—Noe Padilla, USA Today, 9 Feb. 2026
Keila Vilchez, a Venezuelan journalist writing for Cúcuta’s main paper, La Opinión, told me that those people weren’t migrating so much as fleeing.
—Daniel Alarcón, New Yorker, 7 Feb. 2026
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Taylor Crumpton, Time, 10 Feb. 2026
The hearing wasn’t to focus on the merger itself, but on whether the broadcast ownership limits still make sense as viewers have migrated to streaming and tech giants like Meta and Google have siphoned off local ad markets.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 10 Feb. 2026
Sunday not only represented an important day for Borregales and his family but also embodied the American Dream for Venezuelans and Latinos who have migrated to this nation in pursuit of success, Vivian Borregales shared.
—Noe Padilla, USA Today, 9 Feb. 2026
Keila Vilchez, a Venezuelan journalist writing for Cúcuta’s main paper, La Opinión, told me that those people weren’t migrating so much as fleeing.
—Daniel Alarcón, New Yorker, 7 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for migrate
relocate
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The duo met as teenagers at a dance competition and began dating in high school before relocating to Los Angeles together in 2015 to pursue dance careers.—
Ryma Chikhoune,
Footwear News,
18 Feb. 2026
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Students who were already on campus were relocated and busses on the way to school were redirected and classes canceled for the day so police could investigate.—
Steven Rosenbaum,
CBS News,
18 Feb. 2026
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“Migrate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/migrate. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.
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