as in to move
to change the place or position of
those volumes have been relocated to the second floor of the library
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Recent Examples of relocate
Pasolini has relocated Sade’s dark fairy tale to Italy at the end of the war.
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David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
The state intends to relocate 10 to 15 wolves this winter under an agreement with the British Columbia Ministry of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship, Colorado Parks and Wildlife spokesperson Luke Perkins said Friday.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
The team is also relocating the original shake stand along with much of the equipment from the old site to the new.
—Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 24 Oct. 2025
His character relocates from NYC to Boston in the series, and Sonequa Martin-Green is his new partner, Lena Silver.
—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 24 Oct. 2025
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David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
The state intends to relocate 10 to 15 wolves this winter under an agreement with the British Columbia Ministry of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship, Colorado Parks and Wildlife spokesperson Luke Perkins said Friday.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
The team is also relocating the original shake stand along with much of the equipment from the old site to the new.
—Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 24 Oct. 2025
His character relocates from NYC to Boston in the series, and Sonequa Martin-Green is his new partner, Lena Silver.
—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 24 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for relocate
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Green’s 49-yard run scramble moved the Razorbacks to the Texas A&M 39 just before the 2-minute timeout of the fourth quarter.—
Matt Jones,
Arkansas Online,
19 Oct. 2025
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Calderhead focuses on the British tactic, enacted two days after the initial attack, of moving their fleet into Flushing Bay to anchor for the night.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
18 Oct. 2025
Verb
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But the lack of transparency and due process are similar, and there are few to no guarantees of the safety of people whom ICE agents remove, often without identifying themselves, and move around without notifying the family or lawyers of the detained.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
23 Oct. 2025
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Slowly but surely, the legal obstacles to taking games overseas have been removed over the past few years.—
Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Holt, who has six cases pending in federal court over civil rights violation claims, said as soon as he was transferred, the state began trying to get the cases dismissed as moot, citing his relocation to West Virginia.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
22 Oct. 2025
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Statistics shared on their website shows that only approximately 2 million dogs were adopted last year, 554,000 were returned to their owner, 524,000 were transferred to other organizations, and 334,000 were euthanized.—
Maria Azzurra Volpe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
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The concern is now shifted to faster growth deceleration and potentially larger CPI headwinds.—
Michael Bloom,
CNBC,
20 Oct. 2025
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After the arrests, power shifted toward Daniel.—
Ed Caesar,
New Yorker,
20 Oct. 2025
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“Relocate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/relocate. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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