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
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.
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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
The games migrated from there to school grounds.
—Thomas Adam, The Conversation, 29 May 2026
The growing scrutiny of the proxy advisor firms reflects a broader recognition that too much voting authority has migrated away from investors themselves.
—James H. Lee, Fortune, 28 May 2026
These types of professional cleaning are particularly suited for wall-to-wall carpeting, where pet urine has likely migrated beyond what is visible.
—Louise Parks, Martha Stewart, 21 May 2026
Gray whales have long migrated along the California coast on their roughly 12,000-mile (19,300-kilometer) journey between breeding lagoons in Mexico and feeding grounds in the Arctic.
—ABC News, 20 May 2026
With ongoing area development and return-to-office mandates driving residents and corporate workers back to Atlanta’s center, more great restaurants have migrated to the area to meet the demand.
—Mike Jordan, Bon Appetit Magazine, 13 May 2026
My mother migrated North from the South.
—Zak Cheney-Rice, Vulture, 13 May 2026
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
The games migrated from there to school grounds.
—Thomas Adam, The Conversation, 29 May 2026
The growing scrutiny of the proxy advisor firms reflects a broader recognition that too much voting authority has migrated away from investors themselves.
—James H. Lee, Fortune, 28 May 2026
These types of professional cleaning are particularly suited for wall-to-wall carpeting, where pet urine has likely migrated beyond what is visible.
—Louise Parks, Martha Stewart, 21 May 2026
Gray whales have long migrated along the California coast on their roughly 12,000-mile (19,300-kilometer) journey between breeding lagoons in Mexico and feeding grounds in the Arctic.
—ABC News, 20 May 2026
With ongoing area development and return-to-office mandates driving residents and corporate workers back to Atlanta’s center, more great restaurants have migrated to the area to meet the demand.
—Mike Jordan, Bon Appetit Magazine, 13 May 2026
My mother migrated North from the South.
—Zak Cheney-Rice, Vulture, 13 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for migrated
relocated
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Bangladesh Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed ordered that the buyer be refunded and the animal be relocated to the national zoo in Dhaka.—
Anthony Thompson,
USA Today,
28 May 2026
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After finding viral success with her comedic social media posts and occasional stand-up performances, Morris relocated to Los Angeles to pursue her Hollywood dreams.—
Bailey Bujnosek,
InStyle,
28 May 2026
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“Migrated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/migrated. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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