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
Located in the wetlands of the San Francisco Bay, the 376-acre Ravenswood preserve is home to wildlife including migrating shorebirds such as dowitchers, American avocets and terns.
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Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 12 Apr. 2026
In addition to its iconic role in helping define Salt Lake City, the lake is a popular recreation destination and a critical wildlife habitat for migrating birds.
—Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 12 Apr. 2026
But the most important sighting of the mythical Stravinskian fowl might be the revival of Dance Theatre of Harlem’s 1982 version, migrating back to New York for the first time in more than twenty years.
—Hilton Als, New Yorker, 10 Apr. 2026
By 2017, monitoring wells — narrow pipes drilled into the ground to test groundwater — confirmed that contamination had been migrating off-site.
—Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2026
They're deeply embedded in the global supply chains and have been migrating upstream in terms of their importance to product design.
—Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 9 Apr. 2026
Welcome To Derry, migrating to HBO.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 9 Apr. 2026
The woodcocks in Manhattan will likely continue migrating north in the middle of April.
—ABC News, 9 Apr. 2026
But a support note hinting at the imminent removal of the Control Panel was quickly updated to confirm Microsoft was still in the process of migrating the Control Panel to the Settings app.
—Tom Warren, The Verge, 8 Apr. 2026
Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 12 Apr. 2026
In addition to its iconic role in helping define Salt Lake City, the lake is a popular recreation destination and a critical wildlife habitat for migrating birds.
—Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 12 Apr. 2026
But the most important sighting of the mythical Stravinskian fowl might be the revival of Dance Theatre of Harlem’s 1982 version, migrating back to New York for the first time in more than twenty years.
—Hilton Als, New Yorker, 10 Apr. 2026
By 2017, monitoring wells — narrow pipes drilled into the ground to test groundwater — confirmed that contamination had been migrating off-site.
—Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2026
They're deeply embedded in the global supply chains and have been migrating upstream in terms of their importance to product design.
—Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 9 Apr. 2026
Welcome To Derry, migrating to HBO.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 9 Apr. 2026
The woodcocks in Manhattan will likely continue migrating north in the middle of April.
—ABC News, 9 Apr. 2026
But a support note hinting at the imminent removal of the Control Panel was quickly updated to confirm Microsoft was still in the process of migrating the Control Panel to the Settings app.
—Tom Warren, The Verge, 8 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for migrating
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The letter also asks local leaders to modernize and streamline land-use, permitting, and development frameworks to increase housing supply and improve affordability, which is a major barrier to both people and companies relocating to the state.—
Aldo Svaldi,
Denver Post,
13 Apr. 2026
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Season two will be based in Los Angeles, relocating from New York.—
Rick Porter,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Apr. 2026
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Hungarians living near the southern frontier, where Orbán made a show of building a border fence during the refugee crisis, are travelling to Croatia to buy cheap groceries.—
Kapil Komireddi,
New Yorker,
10 Apr. 2026
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Thursday’s game is the second of the 76ers’ three-game trip and the first game of a back-to-back, with Philadelphia traveling to play the Indiana Pacers on Friday.—
Tony Jones,
New York Times,
10 Apr. 2026
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“Migrating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/migrating. Accessed 18 Apr. 2026.
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