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
In Belgium, soaring temperatures forced a primary school near Brussels to relocate its final exams to a nearby church.
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Rena Rowe,
The Washington Examiner,
23 June 2026
Edinburgh’s long-running TV festival is set to relocate to Manchester next year after spending 50 years in the Scottish capital.
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K.j. Yossman,
Variety,
23 June 2026
Manobal relocated to South Korea in 2011 at 14 to begin her training as the first nonethnic Korean to join the YG trainee program.
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José Criales-Unzueta,
Vanity Fair,
23 June 2026
Tilman Fertitta, the billionaire owner of the Rockets who has been floated as a potential owner in NHL expansion, recently bought the WNBA’s Connecticut Sun to relocate the franchise to Houston.
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Justin Birnbaum,
Sportico.com,
23 June 2026
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Rena Rowe,
The Washington Examiner,
23 June 2026
Edinburgh’s long-running TV festival is set to relocate to Manchester next year after spending 50 years in the Scottish capital.
—
K.j. Yossman,
Variety,
23 June 2026
Manobal relocated to South Korea in 2011 at 14 to begin her training as the first nonethnic Korean to join the YG trainee program.
—
José Criales-Unzueta,
Vanity Fair,
23 June 2026
Tilman Fertitta, the billionaire owner of the Rockets who has been floated as a potential owner in NHL expansion, recently bought the WNBA’s Connecticut Sun to relocate the franchise to Houston.
—
Justin Birnbaum,
Sportico.com,
23 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for relocate
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This pair is made from organic cotton and spandex, creating a comfortable material that moves with you.
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Gregory said that approach helped convince her to move forward with the project.
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Propellers can be particularly burdensome because rotors often need to be removed, cleaned and reinstalled, requiring some real elbow grease.
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The pool is being cleaned twice annually, with 10 to 15 large truckloads of debris removed at each cleaning, the National Park Service reports.
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Junior Kris Carranza has transferred from Sierra Canyon to Agoura and is a top candidate to start.
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But instead of facing a criminal-court judge he was transferred to ICE custody and has remained there ever since.
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At this World Cup, Team Melli has been subjected to shifting travel restrictions and uncertainty unlike the other 47 teams, spending the tournament commuting between Southern California and its base in Tijuana.
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Quiet environments act as a physiological brake, allowing the body to shift into a restorative mode.
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“Relocate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/relocate. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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