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 eventual return home, forced or by choice, is implicit in the migration experience in Latin America.
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Whitney Eulich, Christian Science Monitor, 2 June 2025
In any event, migration tends to engender further movement.
—Robert O. Keohane, Foreign Affairs, 2 June 2025
When shifting weather patterns, population migrations, and other factors bring change to these places, her work will tell their stories.
—Keyaira Boone, Essence, 30 May 2025
That’s highly synchronous, resulting in many, many animals making that migration simultaneously.
—Noël Fletcher, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
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Whitney Eulich, Christian Science Monitor, 2 June 2025
In any event, migration tends to engender further movement.
—Robert O. Keohane, Foreign Affairs, 2 June 2025
When shifting weather patterns, population migrations, and other factors bring change to these places, her work will tell their stories.
—Keyaira Boone, Essence, 30 May 2025
That’s highly synchronous, resulting in many, many animals making that migration simultaneously.
—Noël Fletcher, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for migration
emigration
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Because of emigration and low birth rates, Cuba now has Latin America’s oldest population, Cuban economist Pedro Monreal wrote on his X social media account recently.—
Andres Oppenheimer,
Miami Herald,
5 June 2025
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The operation also openly encourages the voluntary emigration of Gazans from the Gaza Strip.—
Assaf Orion,
Foreign Affairs,
3 June 2025
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“Migration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/migration. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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