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
This is part of Israel Katz’s Ministry of Defense plan to encourage those who wish to permanently relocate, aligning with President Trump’s vision for the relocation of Gazans.
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Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 18 Apr. 2025
The Post family relocated to North Texas after Malone’s father, Rich Post, took a job managing concessions for the Dallas Cowboys.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Apr. 2025
Compounding the issue, many millennials who relocated during the pandemic did so assuming remote work would be permanent.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Apr. 2025
Many hands make light work — even when the work is relocating thousands of books!
—Bailey Richards, People.com, 16 Apr. 2025
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Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 18 Apr. 2025
The Post family relocated to North Texas after Malone’s father, Rich Post, took a job managing concessions for the Dallas Cowboys.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Apr. 2025
Compounding the issue, many millennials who relocated during the pandemic did so assuming remote work would be permanent.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Apr. 2025
Many hands make light work — even when the work is relocating thousands of books!
—Bailey Richards, People.com, 16 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for relocate
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Golden eagles will forage during migration flights and use this uplift from heated air, which also comes from open landscapes, to move efficiently during migration and seasonal movements.—
Noël Fletcher,
Forbes.com,
27 Apr. 2025
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Martinez moves well enough laterally to make defenders miss and bounce outside.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
27 Apr. 2025
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He's promised to remove taxes on tips, overtime and Social Security, and continue tax cuts that primarily benefited the wealthy, passed during his first term.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2025
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The Defense Department at one point temporarily removed training videos recognizing the Tuskegee Airmen and an online biography of Jackie Robinson.—
Michael Casey,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Apr. 2025
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According to her declaration, on March 2, roughly five days after Gonçalves was flown to Guantánamo, ICE transferred her again to an ICE facility in Pine Prairie, Louisiana, where she was held in isolation.—
Samantha Riedel,
Them.,
30 Apr. 2025
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The first two years of the suspension, Baffert transferred his most promising horses to Tim Yakteen, his former assistant.—
John Cherwa,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Apr. 2025
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Uncertainty around import costs had already shifted the global supply chain, and the stock market had fallen sharply.—
Oliver Whang,
New Yorker,
3 May 2025
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The long stretch of disruptive severe weather and flash flooding across portions of the central and eastern United States will be shifting east Saturday.—
Nadine El-Bawab,
ABC News,
3 May 2025
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“Relocate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/relocate. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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