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
Loren Landau, a migration expert and political analyst at the University of the Witwatersrand, said the move by the Ghanaian government was a message to South Africa about their unhappiness over recent events.
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Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2026
Between cloud migrations, remote work, third-party integrations and application growth, attack surfaces expand faster than legacy controls can manage.
—Jaushin Lee, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
This isn’t a COVID-era migration story.
—Patrick Chun, Fortune, 26 May 2026
Juan Arredondo is a Colombian American documentary photographer and filmmaker whose work focuses on human rights, migration and conflict across Latin America and the United States.
—New York Times, 26 May 2026
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Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2026
Between cloud migrations, remote work, third-party integrations and application growth, attack surfaces expand faster than legacy controls can manage.
—Jaushin Lee, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
This isn’t a COVID-era migration story.
—Patrick Chun, Fortune, 26 May 2026
Juan Arredondo is a Colombian American documentary photographer and filmmaker whose work focuses on human rights, migration and conflict across Latin America and the United States.
—New York Times, 26 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for migration
Noun
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Economic sustainability that keeps residents here and even encourages relocation to this great community.—
Mercury News Editorial Board,
Mercury News,
26 May 2026
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Kiruna is now in the midst of a decades-long relocation process, which was voted for in 2004 and is expected to be finished in 2035.—
Laura Paddison,
CNN Money,
25 May 2026
Noun
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There’s lots of emigration because there are no jobs.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
7 May 2026
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But there’s no such thing as legal emigration to Gilead.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
6 May 2026
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“Migration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/migration. Accessed 2 Jun. 2026.
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