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as in relocated
to change the place or position of
I need you to move all your books off that chair before company gets here
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2
as in drove
to set or keep in motion
the hands of the wall clock are moved by battery
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as in shifted
to change one's position
don't move while I'm trying to draw your portrait
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as in influenced
to act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response
we were deeply moved by the program of patriotic music
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as in provoked
to rouse to strong feeling or action
the heartfelt appeal moved the people to reach into their pockets and donate generously
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as in persuaded
to cause (someone) to agree with a belief or course of action by using arguments or earnest requests
the report moved me to change my mind about the issue
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as in triggered
to cause to function
this one button moves the whole machine
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as in departed
to leave a place often for another
the police officer told the loiterers to move along
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Recent Examples of moved
Bryson DeChambeau and Jon Rahm struggled to make the cut — DeChambeau didn’t, Rahm did — but Englishman Tyrrell Hatton of Legion XIII shot a 6-under-par 66 and moved into contention to win his first major championship.
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Stan Awtrey, AJC.com, 11 Apr. 2026
Consider what has befallen them in the 11 centuries since Hungarian tribes moved into the Carpathian Basin, in 896.
—Isaac Stanley-Becker, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2026
Jansen struck out one and moved into a tie with Hall of Famer Lee Smith (1980–97) on the saves list.
—ABC News, 10 Apr. 2026
The two moved into an apartment together the next season.
—Peter Baugh, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2026
Detroit's Kenley Jansen put Miami down in order in the ninth inning and moved into a tie for third in MLB history with his 478th save, Javier Baez homered and the Detroit Tigers beat the Miami Marlins 2-0 on Friday night to end a five-game skid.
—CBS News, 10 Apr. 2026
The family moved from New York to Florida when Kai was 13 and have lived there ever since.
—Linda Marx, PEOPLE, 10 Apr. 2026
His income moved dramatically from year to year, from a high of around $166 million in 2021 to a low of around $8 million the following year.
—Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 4 Apr. 2026
At the start of Bloodline, a former used car salesman, Winston Alcorn, has moved his wife, Mandy, and their two young sons from Lexington, Kentucky, to rural Lebanon, Tennessee.
—Francine Prose, The New York Review of Books, 4 Apr. 2026
Stan Awtrey, AJC.com, 11 Apr. 2026
Consider what has befallen them in the 11 centuries since Hungarian tribes moved into the Carpathian Basin, in 896.
—Isaac Stanley-Becker, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2026
Jansen struck out one and moved into a tie with Hall of Famer Lee Smith (1980–97) on the saves list.
—ABC News, 10 Apr. 2026
The two moved into an apartment together the next season.
—Peter Baugh, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2026
Detroit's Kenley Jansen put Miami down in order in the ninth inning and moved into a tie for third in MLB history with his 478th save, Javier Baez homered and the Detroit Tigers beat the Miami Marlins 2-0 on Friday night to end a five-game skid.
—CBS News, 10 Apr. 2026
The family moved from New York to Florida when Kai was 13 and have lived there ever since.
—Linda Marx, PEOPLE, 10 Apr. 2026
His income moved dramatically from year to year, from a high of around $166 million in 2021 to a low of around $8 million the following year.
—Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 4 Apr. 2026
At the start of Bloodline, a former used car salesman, Winston Alcorn, has moved his wife, Mandy, and their two young sons from Lexington, Kentucky, to rural Lebanon, Tennessee.
—Francine Prose, The New York Review of Books, 4 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for moved
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Though young missing-persons detective Dalia (May Calamawy) is earnest in her attempts to help, her superiors cast suspicion on Katie’s parents; eight years later, the girl is still missing, while the family has relocated to New Mexico.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
16 Apr. 2026
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Griffin relocated Citadel’s headquarters from Chicago to Miami in 2022, drawn by Florida’s lack of a personal income tax.—
Catherina Gioino,
Fortune,
16 Apr. 2026
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On this day, volunteers drove flowers to a senior living center, where the act of kindness overwhelmed resident Carmela Kemper.—
Sharon Chin,
CBS News,
16 Apr. 2026
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That experience drove me into public service.—
Christian Mitchell,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Apr. 2026
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Administration officials have signaled, both publicly and privately, that their immigration enforcement strategy has shifted to some degree following Operation Metro Surge, the operation in Minnesota.—
Julia Ingram,
CBS News,
13 Apr. 2026
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An Israeli military official said its focus has shifted to Lebanon during a two-week ceasefire with Iran.—
CNN staff,
CNN Money,
13 Apr. 2026
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Talk about the importance of having your team drive classic Jaguars and how that influenced the engineering of the GT.—
Morgan Korn,
ABC News,
10 Apr. 2026
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Visions such as Verne’s influenced most of the engineers and scientists that made human spaceflight possible, such as Robert Goddard and Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, who believed that humanity’s destiny is in the stars.—
Anastasia Klimchynskaya,
The Conversation,
10 Apr. 2026
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An argument over a handgun that a man brought to a Fort Worth gender reveal party provoked an exchange of gunfire that injured five people including the suspect, a detective wrote in an arrest warrant affidavit.—
Amy McDaniel,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Apr. 2026
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When outliers such as Jeff Sessions and Chris Christie straggled into his camp, their betrayal provoked mockery and outrage.—
Jonathan Chait,
The Atlantic,
10 Apr. 2026
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The adviser persuaded Hanes to invest a few thousand dollars in an online cryptocurrency-trading platform, which generated impressive returns.—
The Week UK,
TheWeek,
12 Apr. 2026
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People can be persuaded that community action should trump individual choice if a behavior, such as smoking cigarettes or driving while drunk, harms others who don’t engage in it.—
Marie Helweg-Larsen,
The Conversation,
10 Apr. 2026
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In Carrollton in 2024, leaking natural gas entered a sewer system and triggered a home explosion that killed a man.—
Lexi Salazar,
CBS News,
15 Apr. 2026
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That has alarmed free-speech advocates and triggered federal and state-filed antitrust lawsuits, including one that the Colorado Attorney General’s office signed on to.—
John Wenzel,
Denver Post,
14 Apr. 2026
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On Friday, Vice President JD Vance departed for Pakistan to continue peace talks in the hopes of permanently ending the war.—
Grace Miserocchi,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Apr. 2026
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Before his appointment at Juventus, Spalletti had departed the Italy national team head coach role in the summer of 2025.—
James Horncastle,
New York Times,
10 Apr. 2026
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“Moved.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moved. Accessed 18 Apr. 2026.
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