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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
After decades of discourse about how the American public’s attention has migrated away from the movies and onto TV screens, the cultural Zeitgeist seemed to exist solidly at the movies.
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Joe Reid, Vulture, 26 Apr. 2026
During the 2024 to 2025 spawning season, more than 30,000 adult coho salmon migrated to the rivers along the Mendocino Coasts – double the record-breaking number of 15,000 seen in the previous season, according to NOAA Fisheries.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 22 Apr. 2026
In 2020, roughly 11 million Africans reportedly migrated to Europe, 5 million to Asia and 3 million to Northern America.
—Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 21 Apr. 2026
My weekly processing of the past eventually migrated to another building when my therapist moved her practice to a house rezoned for offices in a residential neighborhood.
—Wendy C. Ortiz, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2026
As cellular features have migrated to data networks, DNS has become a core part of how phones work.
—ArsTechnica, 13 Apr. 2026
Conservationists celebrated when wolves — which were rendered locally extinct in 1924, the same year that the last grizzly was killed — migrated into the state from Oregon 15 years ago.
—Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 8 Apr. 2026
Last year Microsoft also migrated clock settings, keyboard character repeat delay, mouse cursor blink rate, and formatting for time, number, and currency into the Settings app.
—Tom Warren, The Verge, 8 Apr. 2026
After the Swazi gained control of land almost to Maputo in 1864, the Gaza (under the victorious Mzila) migrated northward into the Buzi River area of present-day eastern Zimbabwe.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
Joe Reid, Vulture, 26 Apr. 2026
During the 2024 to 2025 spawning season, more than 30,000 adult coho salmon migrated to the rivers along the Mendocino Coasts – double the record-breaking number of 15,000 seen in the previous season, according to NOAA Fisheries.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 22 Apr. 2026
In 2020, roughly 11 million Africans reportedly migrated to Europe, 5 million to Asia and 3 million to Northern America.
—Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 21 Apr. 2026
My weekly processing of the past eventually migrated to another building when my therapist moved her practice to a house rezoned for offices in a residential neighborhood.
—Wendy C. Ortiz, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2026
As cellular features have migrated to data networks, DNS has become a core part of how phones work.
—ArsTechnica, 13 Apr. 2026
Conservationists celebrated when wolves — which were rendered locally extinct in 1924, the same year that the last grizzly was killed — migrated into the state from Oregon 15 years ago.
—Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 8 Apr. 2026
Last year Microsoft also migrated clock settings, keyboard character repeat delay, mouse cursor blink rate, and formatting for time, number, and currency into the Settings app.
—Tom Warren, The Verge, 8 Apr. 2026
After the Swazi gained control of land almost to Maputo in 1864, the Gaza (under the victorious Mzila) migrated northward into the Buzi River area of present-day eastern Zimbabwe.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for migrated
relocated
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The decades-old attraction has been closed since last September when its more than 30 inhabitants were relocated elsewhere in the park.—
Lori Weisberg,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Apr. 2026
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Since starting the project, the couple have relocated from Singapore to Kissamos and is embedded in the community.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 Apr. 2026
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“Migrated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/migrated. Accessed 29 Apr. 2026.
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