as in moving
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 relocating
Across youth sports, affluent families are making enormous financial and logistical bets on their children’s athletic futures—relocating across state lines, buying second homes near top-tier academies, and spending well into six figures annually on tuition, private coaching, travel, and club teams.
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Tori Latham, Robb Report, 19 Apr. 2026
He was granted Peruvian citizenship in 2015 after relocating there as a missionary in 1985.
—USA Today, 18 Apr. 2026
Dave Chappelle restored a 19th-century schoolhouse in Yellow Springs, Ohio, to keep community radio station WYSO from relocating to nearby Dayton.
—Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 17 Apr. 2026
Aerospace startups Space Kinetic and Hermeus are relocating to Southern California, betting on the region’s talent density and aerospace legacy despite the state’s high costs and regulatory challenges.
—Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2026
Cobb County resident, Donna Gates, was at Tuesday's work session and feels like the only solution is relocating the transfer center.
—Emily McLeod, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026
Third District Supervisor Don Wagner said changes to the county’s investment policy are irrelevant to Tuesday’s agenda item, which was about relocating staff from the treasurer’s office to the CEO’s office.
—Claire Wang, Oc Register, 15 Apr. 2026
Hartman and Brynn had moved into the four-bedroom, 4,000-square-foot home a few years prior after relocating from New York to California, per the Los Angeles Times.
—Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 15 Apr. 2026
The letter also asks local leaders to modernize and streamline land-use, permitting, and development frameworks to increase housing supply and improve affordability, which is a major barrier to both people and companies relocating to the state.
—Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 13 Apr. 2026
Tori Latham, Robb Report, 19 Apr. 2026
He was granted Peruvian citizenship in 2015 after relocating there as a missionary in 1985.
—USA Today, 18 Apr. 2026
Dave Chappelle restored a 19th-century schoolhouse in Yellow Springs, Ohio, to keep community radio station WYSO from relocating to nearby Dayton.
—Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 17 Apr. 2026
Aerospace startups Space Kinetic and Hermeus are relocating to Southern California, betting on the region’s talent density and aerospace legacy despite the state’s high costs and regulatory challenges.
—Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2026
Cobb County resident, Donna Gates, was at Tuesday's work session and feels like the only solution is relocating the transfer center.
—Emily McLeod, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026
Third District Supervisor Don Wagner said changes to the county’s investment policy are irrelevant to Tuesday’s agenda item, which was about relocating staff from the treasurer’s office to the CEO’s office.
—Claire Wang, Oc Register, 15 Apr. 2026
Hartman and Brynn had moved into the four-bedroom, 4,000-square-foot home a few years prior after relocating from New York to California, per the Los Angeles Times.
—Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 15 Apr. 2026
The letter also asks local leaders to modernize and streamline land-use, permitting, and development frameworks to increase housing supply and improve affordability, which is a major barrier to both people and companies relocating to the state.
—Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 13 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for relocating
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The tactics are commonly associated with South American theft groups known for operating across state lines and moving quickly from one community to another.—
Abby Dodge,
CBS News,
18 Apr. 2026
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By the end, the movie takes on the hallucinatory feel of an existential horror film, less about where anyone is going than what keeps them moving at all.—
Yvonne Villarreal,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Apr. 2026
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He is then seen slowly approaching the victim, checking his surroundings, and removing his shoes before grabbing her from behind.—
Ana Maria Soler,
CBS News,
11 Apr. 2026
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The surgery involved removing 40 percent of Erbert's skull and required a follow-up skull implant surgery, per the Los Angeles Times.—
Chanel Vargas,
InStyle,
11 Apr. 2026
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The other takes place during a flight — Lindsay wiping gunk from the toilet seat and transferring it to the rim of the cup Ashley drinks from.—
Yvonne Villarreal,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Apr. 2026
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At the site, the team used a technique known as inelastic neutron scattering, that is defined as an event where neutrons lose or gain energy by transferring energy to form a sample.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
17 Apr. 2026
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Dripping glitter, shimmering adhesive crystals, dramatic slashes of eyeliner and smudges of eyeshadow—there was a playful, shifting experimentalism here, to signal the young characters’ changeability and ingenuity.—
Naomi Fry,
New Yorker,
18 Apr. 2026
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Back then, the connection aimed to paint Zayn as a similarly paradigm-shifting artist—a pop icon, sure, but also an avatar of so many sociocultural dynamics.—
Sameer Rao,
Pitchfork,
17 Apr. 2026
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“Relocating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/relocating. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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