as in relocating
to move from one place to another
Every fall, hundreds of college students migrate to this town.
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Recent Examples of migrating
Concord Quarters sees a steady stream of international and domestic visitors migrating over from Highway 61.
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Joe Sills, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Antonio and Gelasia Cao founded the bakery after migrating from Cuba to Miami as political exiles.
—Ana Maria Soler, CBS News, 30 Jan. 2026
All of this ensures that game viewing happens year-round, not just when migrating wildebeest arrive in search of fresh grazing.
—Jennifer Flowers, AFAR Media, 30 Jan. 2026
Capital One began migrating its debit cardholders to the Discover network last August, and CEO Richard Fairbank said on the call that the conversion is nearly complete.
—CNBC, 23 Jan. 2026
As my character Vivian, the antiques dealer, would say, objects are migrating relics of time and place.
—Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 19 Jan. 2026
Meanwhile, sports rights have been migrating to streaming platforms, which are outside the FCC’s oversight.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 18 Jan. 2026
The city is migrating to OMNY, a tap-and-go payment system at the turnstiles, for subway payments.
—Gabby Debenedictis, Hartford Courant, 13 Jan. 2026
Lingerie as outerwear has been steadily gaining traction, migrating from the bedroom into genuinely good street style moments.
—Daisy Maldonado, InStyle, 12 Jan. 2026
Joe Sills, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Antonio and Gelasia Cao founded the bakery after migrating from Cuba to Miami as political exiles.
—Ana Maria Soler, CBS News, 30 Jan. 2026
All of this ensures that game viewing happens year-round, not just when migrating wildebeest arrive in search of fresh grazing.
—Jennifer Flowers, AFAR Media, 30 Jan. 2026
Capital One began migrating its debit cardholders to the Discover network last August, and CEO Richard Fairbank said on the call that the conversion is nearly complete.
—CNBC, 23 Jan. 2026
As my character Vivian, the antiques dealer, would say, objects are migrating relics of time and place.
—Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 19 Jan. 2026
Meanwhile, sports rights have been migrating to streaming platforms, which are outside the FCC’s oversight.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 18 Jan. 2026
The city is migrating to OMNY, a tap-and-go payment system at the turnstiles, for subway payments.
—Gabby Debenedictis, Hartford Courant, 13 Jan. 2026
Lingerie as outerwear has been steadily gaining traction, migrating from the bedroom into genuinely good street style moments.
—Daisy Maldonado, InStyle, 12 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for migrating
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Manus started developing its agentic AI tools — for tasks such as market research and data analysis — as a start-up in China, before relocating to Singapore.—
Evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
25 Jan. 2026
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Zendaya revealed that her robust parade of new projects this year—including playing a bride-to-be in The Drama opposite Robert Pattinson—means that the couple won’t be relocating to one place anytime soon.—
Lara Walsh,
InStyle,
25 Jan. 2026
Verb
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The two endpoints have moved a meter farther apart, traveling at, say, one meter per second.—
Phil Plait,
Scientific American,
6 Feb. 2026
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The Swiss Federal Railways, or SBB, is your go-to railway when traveling within Switzerland, and one-way tickets cost $30 on average.—
Erik Buckingham,
Condé Nast Traveler,
6 Feb. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Migrating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/migrating. Accessed 9 Feb. 2026.
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