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
José Antonio Kast’s decisive victory, driven by anxiety over crime and migration, arrived without overt institutional defiance.
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Alejandro Reyes, Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2026
The production timed their shoot around the migration.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 3 Feb. 2026
The new treaty deepens existing cooperation in defense, migration, trade and other matters.
—Arthur I. Cyr, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2026
The Texas buoys were installed in an area where migrant drownings were common during a period of heightened migration.
—Lauren Villagran, USA Today, 3 Feb. 2026
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Alejandro Reyes, Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2026
The production timed their shoot around the migration.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 3 Feb. 2026
The new treaty deepens existing cooperation in defense, migration, trade and other matters.
—Arthur I. Cyr, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2026
The Texas buoys were installed in an area where migrant drownings were common during a period of heightened migration.
—Lauren Villagran, USA Today, 3 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for migration
Noun
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Then there's the relocation element.—
Michael Cappetta,
Travel + Leisure,
31 Jan. 2026
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This was tried on Angel Island in the San Francisco Bay area in the 1980s, where 85% of the deer died within the first year after relocation, the plan stated.—
Steve Scauzillo,
Daily News,
31 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 7 Feb. 2026.
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