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
Many migrants gathered on Saturday to hear the pontiff, who also called on European leaders to improve conditions in the countries immigrants come from to reduce migration.
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Connor Greene,
Time,
4 July 2026
With no energy available to warm the planet to these temperatures, the team reasoned that the temperature must be a residual effect of prior warming either from being engulfed by the red giant or during an inward migration.
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Robert Lea,
Space.com,
2 July 2026
Spain’s incumbent socialist government is facing challenges, but Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez argues that migration is economically necessary given the country’s aging population.
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Tom Chivers,
semafor.com,
2 July 2026
That is what turns a migration trend into a long-term growth story.
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Elizabeth MacBride,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2026
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Connor Greene,
Time,
4 July 2026
With no energy available to warm the planet to these temperatures, the team reasoned that the temperature must be a residual effect of prior warming either from being engulfed by the red giant or during an inward migration.
—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
2 July 2026
Spain’s incumbent socialist government is facing challenges, but Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez argues that migration is economically necessary given the country’s aging population.
—
Tom Chivers,
semafor.com,
2 July 2026
That is what turns a migration trend into a long-term growth story.
—
Elizabeth MacBride,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2026
See All Example Sentences for migration
Recent Examples of Synonyms for migration
Noun
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Rodríguez said emergency economic measures will include relief funds for victims and temporary waivers on documentation and property registration fees to facilitate housing relocation.
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In reality, only those padded with cash who can push through the lengthy relocation process will have a shot at living in New Zealand.
Noun
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Oil-rich Venezuela, a country of 28 million that was long among the wealthiest nations in Latin America, has suffered a decade of economic decline and mass emigration.
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That turn is notable in a country that has prided itself on keeping the far right at the margins, and whose own history of colonization and emigration has generally made such politics a hard sell.
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“Migration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/migration. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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