as in relocated
to move from one place to another
Every fall, hundreds of college students migrate to this town.
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Recent Examples of migrated
Every neighborhood has its own part in the story too, as the nightlife nexus has migrated up and down Manhattan, shimmied across the East River and back, and transformed, faltered, and thrived again over the past six decades.
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Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 June 2026
The Sikh faith originated in the Punjab region of northwest India in the 15th century, but Sikh people have migrated and settled around the world.
—Akash Pamarthy, NPR, 6 June 2026
Sightings of mule deer have been reported from the eastern Interior to northern Southeast Alaska, according to ADFG, and all those mule deer likely migrated from within the species’ current range in Canada.
—Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 3 June 2026
The word migrated into cultural criticism in the 1980s and 1990s.
—Maria A. Rodas, The Conversation, 3 June 2026
Saba Arawak Hotel Named after the Arawak Indians who migrated to the island, the Saba Arawak Hotel is a no-fuss option for travelers.
—Hayley Domin, Travel + Leisure, 1 June 2026
Diehard hunters since childhood, brothers Chris and Josh Neville grew up hunting in Iowa and eventually migrated westward for bigger wilderness and bigger prey.
—C.c. Weiss
may 31, New Atlas, 31 May 2026
People were coming from all over the world, really, and staying there and kind of setting up homes, intermarrying, um, the Peranakan culture are the Chinese who emigrated or migrated there, who married into indigenous Malay families and has become a whole new kind of culture.
—AFAR Media, 30 May 2026
Because there has never been an MLB team in the Sacramento area, many fans in California’s capital region migrated their fandom to the two teams that for decades were in the Bay Area — the A’s and Giants.
—Sean Campbell, Sacbee.com, 30 May 2026
Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 June 2026
The Sikh faith originated in the Punjab region of northwest India in the 15th century, but Sikh people have migrated and settled around the world.
—Akash Pamarthy, NPR, 6 June 2026
Sightings of mule deer have been reported from the eastern Interior to northern Southeast Alaska, according to ADFG, and all those mule deer likely migrated from within the species’ current range in Canada.
—Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 3 June 2026
The word migrated into cultural criticism in the 1980s and 1990s.
—Maria A. Rodas, The Conversation, 3 June 2026
Saba Arawak Hotel Named after the Arawak Indians who migrated to the island, the Saba Arawak Hotel is a no-fuss option for travelers.
—Hayley Domin, Travel + Leisure, 1 June 2026
Diehard hunters since childhood, brothers Chris and Josh Neville grew up hunting in Iowa and eventually migrated westward for bigger wilderness and bigger prey.
—C.c. Weiss
may 31, New Atlas, 31 May 2026
People were coming from all over the world, really, and staying there and kind of setting up homes, intermarrying, um, the Peranakan culture are the Chinese who emigrated or migrated there, who married into indigenous Malay families and has become a whole new kind of culture.
—AFAR Media, 30 May 2026
Because there has never been an MLB team in the Sacramento area, many fans in California’s capital region migrated their fandom to the two teams that for decades were in the Bay Area — the A’s and Giants.
—Sean Campbell, Sacbee.com, 30 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for migrated
relocated
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Fairfield High relocated its graduation ceremonies on Friday to Armijo High School.—
Richard Ramos,
CBS News,
4 June 2026
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Originally destined for slaughter during the Eid al-Adha festival, the 1,500-pound animal was seized by authorities, spared sacrifice and relocated to the capital’s zoo, where keepers lavish it with care.—
al Emrun Garjon,
Los Angeles Times,
3 June 2026
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