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migrate

verb

Definition of migrate

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 For the rest of the year, the points at which the sun rises and sets slowly migrate along the horizon as the Earth orbits around the star. — Sanidhya Sharma, Scientific American, 7 July 2026 The Southern college boom demonstrated that prestige can migrate. — Dr. Liz Doe Stone, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026 The subculture then migrated to Twitter before shifting to more visual platforms such as Pinterest. — Sophia Zhang, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 July 2026 The potential threat quantum computers pose has also led governments across the globe to begin migrating to post-quantum cryptography (PQC). — IEEE Spectrum, 7 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for migrate

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relocate

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They can also be used to keep the satellite in orbit over the years, or potentially relocate the satellite later down the line.

— Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 4 July 2026
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

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