as in relocation
the act of moving or being moved out of one place and into another
The family spent months planning their migration to a new country.
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Recent Examples of migration
The Census bureau projected that the trend would continue, with net international migration of just 321,000 people in 2026.
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Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2026
New York added only 1,008 people in 2025, mostly because the state’s net migration from immigrants dropped from 207,000 people to 95,600 people.
—Mike Schneider, Fortune, 27 Jan. 2026
This story starts with mass migration.
—Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
These objects were created through massive collisions and planetary migrations that occurred around the sun billions of years ago, around the same time as Earth's moon was forming.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 27 Jan. 2026
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Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2026
New York added only 1,008 people in 2025, mostly because the state’s net migration from immigrants dropped from 207,000 people to 95,600 people.
—Mike Schneider, Fortune, 27 Jan. 2026
This story starts with mass migration.
—Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
These objects were created through massive collisions and planetary migrations that occurred around the sun billions of years ago, around the same time as Earth's moon was forming.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 27 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for migration
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Some have found a groove again, writing in their temporary homes, while others have yet to return to their practice, consumed by the logistics of loss and relocation and out of step with their routines.—
Erica Zora Wrightson,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Jan. 2026
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The board approved the relocation in 2023; the district has been facing long-term financial challenges and declining enrollment.—
Victoria Le,
Oc Register,
26 Jan. 2026
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Reliable, comprehensive emigration statistics broken down by race under apartheid are hard to come by, but in 1961 alone, UNESCO calculated that no fewer than 25 faculty members resigned from the University of Cape Town to move overseas.—
Eve Fairbanks,
The Dial,
27 Jan. 2026
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After a century of heavy emigration—mostly to America—postwar Sweden began to change from a port of departure to one of call.—
Colton Valentine,
New Yorker,
24 Jan. 2026
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“Migration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/migration. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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