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
Merchant relocated to the United States — first to Oregon, then Colorado — and found leagues in each new place, building community around a love of hockey.
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The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Feb. 2026
More practical considerations also might have played a role in the decision to relocate.
—Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 17 Feb. 2026
Boise came in 12th place in terms of safety and was 14th for ease of relocating.
—Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 17 Feb. 2026
The company’s terse post on X did not say if Denver employees would be relocated to Florida or if any functions will remain in the Colorado capital.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 17 Feb. 2026
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The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Feb. 2026
More practical considerations also might have played a role in the decision to relocate.
—Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 17 Feb. 2026
Boise came in 12th place in terms of safety and was 14th for ease of relocating.
—Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 17 Feb. 2026
The company’s terse post on X did not say if Denver employees would be relocated to Florida or if any functions will remain in the Colorado capital.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 17 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for relocate
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Montage founder, Alan Fuerstman, personally moves into every new property for its first month of operations to ensure the brand’s signature five-star service is up to snuff.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
20 Feb. 2026
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The players could feel the former United and Wales winger starting to move up the gears.—
Andy Mitten,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2026
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The trooper then removed Jackson from the vehicle.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
17 Feb. 2026
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Jailbreaking in this context refers to a process that removes software restrictions placed on a piece of hardware.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
17 Feb. 2026
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Iraq's National Center for International Judicial Cooperation said 5,704 suspects from 61 countries who were affiliated with IS were transferred from prisons in Syria.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
14 Feb. 2026
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The workers transfer here and are not hired locally.—
Eleanor Dearman,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Feb. 2026
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Tenuous evidence of mass exodus Sensor Tower’s user data more fundamentally seems to suggest that beyond anecdotal claims, users have largely been unable to identify tangible changes in TikTok’s American operations, or at least, not enough to meaningfully shift user sentiment.—
Matthew Chin,
CNBC,
16 Feb. 2026
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If the robot learns to pick up a bottle in an exact position and the bottle is shifted slightly, a system that only imitates will repeat the original gesture and fail.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Feb. 2026
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“Relocate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/relocate. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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