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
Goan cobras are migrating to new and unsuitable habitats by train.
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Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
Meanwhile, sports rights have been migrating to streaming platforms, which are outside the FCC’s oversight.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 20 Mar. 2026
Lubin had visions of entire economies migrating onto the chain—stablecoins supporting fragile Third World currencies, open-source finance replacing the opacity of legacy banking.
—Clara Molot, Vanity Fair, 17 Mar. 2026
Among California’s most upscale neighborhoods, a subtle reshuffling has taken place in recent decades, with the highest home values migrating from Northern California to Southern California.
—Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2026
This bar creates a distinct gravitational phenomenon known as the corotation barrier that prevents inner galaxy stars from migrating to the outskirts.
—Jacek Krywko, Scientific American, 12 Mar. 2026
Years later, starting in 2020, Apple also began migrating from x86 to Arm with its MacBooks.
—Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 12 Mar. 2026
One is audiences migrating to platforms that better serve them.
—Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 12 Mar. 2026
This is a signal that fertility care is migrating toward access models that didn’t exist even recently and that the pressure to solve the cost problem is now coming from places no one expected.
—Allison Palmer
march 9, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Mar. 2026
Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
Meanwhile, sports rights have been migrating to streaming platforms, which are outside the FCC’s oversight.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 20 Mar. 2026
Lubin had visions of entire economies migrating onto the chain—stablecoins supporting fragile Third World currencies, open-source finance replacing the opacity of legacy banking.
—Clara Molot, Vanity Fair, 17 Mar. 2026
Among California’s most upscale neighborhoods, a subtle reshuffling has taken place in recent decades, with the highest home values migrating from Northern California to Southern California.
—Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2026
This bar creates a distinct gravitational phenomenon known as the corotation barrier that prevents inner galaxy stars from migrating to the outskirts.
—Jacek Krywko, Scientific American, 12 Mar. 2026
Years later, starting in 2020, Apple also began migrating from x86 to Arm with its MacBooks.
—Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 12 Mar. 2026
One is audiences migrating to platforms that better serve them.
—Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 12 Mar. 2026
This is a signal that fertility care is migrating toward access models that didn’t exist even recently and that the pressure to solve the cost problem is now coming from places no one expected.
—Allison Palmer
march 9, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for migrating
Verb
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Jessi D'Ambrosi, who owns the deli and grew up outside Boston, opened the shop after relocating to the Cotswolds and noticing a growing American presence, news agency SWNS reported.—
Kelly McGreal,
FOXNews.com,
21 Mar. 2026
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The spring budget town hall meetings come as the city faces a debate over whether to invest millions of dollars in keeping its current city hall building or relocating it to another downtown location.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
19 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The juvenile was operating a Magnum Cosmo e-bike, with another male juvenile riding as a passenger, and traveling northbound on Remington Way through the intersection with Allenwood Drive when the boy lost control and skidded to the ground, police said.—
Carlos E. Castañeda,
CBS News,
21 Mar. 2026
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For Christians in medieval and early modern Europe, traveling overland and by sea to reach the Holy Land took time and means, and the journey involved many perils.—
Sarah Kozlowski,
Dallas Morning News,
21 Mar. 2026
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“Migrating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/migrating. Accessed 28 Mar. 2026.
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