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
Here’s how to protect local and migrating birds from deadly window strikes.
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Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 3 Apr. 2026
The blooms from aster plants offer late-season nectar for bees, butterflies, and migrating monarchs, Phillips adds.
—Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 3 Apr. 2026
For its upcoming edition, the market’s online platform will be migrating entirely to the new Cinando.
—Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 2 Apr. 2026
Eventually his mother followed, migrating legally to take care of her son.
—Madeline Buckley, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2026
Its characters are a small band of migrating reindeer herders.
—Literary Hub, 25 Mar. 2026
In Washington state, dam removals on the Elwha and White Salmon rivers reopened habitat that had been inaccessible for migrating fish for about a century, allowing Chinook, coho, steelhead and lamprey to return.
—Zeb Hogan, The Conversation, 24 Mar. 2026
Goan cobras are migrating to new and unsuitable habitats by train.
—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
Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 3 Apr. 2026
The blooms from aster plants offer late-season nectar for bees, butterflies, and migrating monarchs, Phillips adds.
—Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 3 Apr. 2026
For its upcoming edition, the market’s online platform will be migrating entirely to the new Cinando.
—Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 2 Apr. 2026
Eventually his mother followed, migrating legally to take care of her son.
—Madeline Buckley, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2026
Its characters are a small band of migrating reindeer herders.
—Literary Hub, 25 Mar. 2026
In Washington state, dam removals on the Elwha and White Salmon rivers reopened habitat that had been inaccessible for migrating fish for about a century, allowing Chinook, coho, steelhead and lamprey to return.
—Zeb Hogan, The Conversation, 24 Mar. 2026
Goan cobras are migrating to new and unsuitable habitats by train.
—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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for migrating
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LoRe, a Sicilian immigrant, had spent most of his life working as a butcher in New York City and running a shop there before relocating to the Charlotte area.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
7 Apr. 2026
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Fathoms is the latest in a string of synth albums the composer has made under his own name since 2022, and his first since relocating from Portland to the storied town of Salzburg, Austria.—
Daniel Bromfield,
Pitchfork,
6 Apr. 2026
Verb
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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 14 Apr. 2026.
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