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
In addition to bird flu concerns among commercial and backyard flocks, the Pennsylvania Game Commission is asking the public to be on alert for sickness in wild birds as migration ramps up in the coming weeks.
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Alexandra Simon, CBS News, 24 Feb. 2026
But a new report by migration data company moveBuddha may surprise you.
—Alexis Simmerman, Austin American Statesman, 24 Feb. 2026
For those who knew about it, this parallel society provided a chance for migration, a ticket to a better life.
—Tembe Denton-Hurst, Vulture, 24 Feb. 2026
While estimates vary, studies say between 500,000 and 1 million people have left Russia since 2022, likely the largest population migration out of the country since the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917.
—Joanna Kakissis, NPR, 24 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for migration
Alexandra Simon, CBS News, 24 Feb. 2026
But a new report by migration data company moveBuddha may surprise you.
—Alexis Simmerman, Austin American Statesman, 24 Feb. 2026
For those who knew about it, this parallel society provided a chance for migration, a ticket to a better life.
—Tembe Denton-Hurst, Vulture, 24 Feb. 2026
While estimates vary, studies say between 500,000 and 1 million people have left Russia since 2022, likely the largest population migration out of the country since the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917.
—Joanna Kakissis, NPR, 24 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for migration
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Quadrupling the population over the last three decades has required their relocation to three remote, predator-free offshore islands and the micromanaging of the parrots’ every romantic entanglement.—
Charlotte Graham-McLay,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Feb. 2026
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Moving and relocation expenses will not be reimbursed for this position.—
Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado
Updated February 24,
Sacbee.com,
24 Feb. 2026
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Instead, many of them came to see their new and unexpected troubles as the result of the mass emigration of Eastern European Jews which was just getting under way.—
Nicholas Lemann,
New Yorker,
21 Feb. 2026
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Even after jail, emigration, and peaceful living, in total isolation, this label has persisted.—
William Jones,
USA Today,
20 Feb. 2026
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“Migration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/migration. Accessed 28 Feb. 2026.
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