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
While Vegas seems ready for an NBA team, Seattle has been waiting for a franchise since 2008, when the SuperSonics relocated to Oklahoma City and became the Thunder.
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Mike Vorkunov, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2026
Seattle has been without an NBA team since 2008, when the SuperSonics relocated to Oklahoma City and changed their name to the Thunder.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 25 Mar. 2026
Some employees are being offered new roles, while others may have the option to relocate.
—Emily Lorsch, NBC news, 25 Mar. 2026
Prosecutors said Gleason lived in the Chatham area, but recently relocated to a Castleton-on-Hudson motel.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 25 Mar. 2026
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Mike Vorkunov, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2026
Seattle has been without an NBA team since 2008, when the SuperSonics relocated to Oklahoma City and changed their name to the Thunder.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 25 Mar. 2026
Some employees are being offered new roles, while others may have the option to relocate.
—Emily Lorsch, NBC news, 25 Mar. 2026
Prosecutors said Gleason lived in the Chatham area, but recently relocated to a Castleton-on-Hudson motel.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 25 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for relocate
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Records show frequent transfers—sometimes in rapid succession—moving funds from TourProdEnter to the Florida LLCs, and in some instances continuing even after a company had been formally dissolved.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
27 Mar. 2026
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But their discharge petition, introduced last week, is short of the 218 signatures needed to move forward.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
27 Mar. 2026
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Now this artist, who is devoted to depicting the Chicano struggle, says removing Chavez from artwork may be the only choice.—
Steve Large,
CBS News,
24 Mar. 2026
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The Rodney statue has been gathering dust in storage after being removed from public view in Delaware during the 2020 racial justice protests.—
Dan Diamond,
Arkansas Online,
24 Mar. 2026
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Cantens, a 40-year-old Miami native, played his first year of college basketball at FIU as a 6-foot point guard before transferring to Eckerd College and reaching the NCAA Division II national playoffs.—
Walter Villa,
Miami Herald,
21 Mar. 2026
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In March 2025, a National Labor Relations Board judge ruled Watercrest violated a collective bargaining agreement with the workers’ union by transferring the operations of its facility in North Miami Beach without the union’s consent.—
Cindy Krischer Goodman,
Sun Sentinel,
21 Mar. 2026
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Former Work aide Greg Grant gave a detailed history of Obama-era efforts to shift Pentagon thinking to the Small Wars Journal.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
23 Mar. 2026
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But since Bush, nearly every president has shifted NASA’s goals, with budgets often not matching ambitions.—
Sarah D. Wire,
USA Today,
23 Mar. 2026
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“Relocate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/relocate. Accessed 27 Mar. 2026.
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