as in to relocate
to move from one place to another
Every fall, hundreds of college students migrate to this town.
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Recent Examples of migrate
Specifically, could any of them migrate over to 9-1-1?
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Andy Swift, TVLine, 27 Oct. 2024
Fixing maritime boundaries means atoll nations can continue to reap the economic benefit of vast fishing grounds, even if populations must migrate as dry land area is significantly reduced.
—Reuters, CNN, 26 Oct. 2024
According to Tony, his father and grandfather migrated from Italy to the US in 1938 to make a better life for themselves.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2024
Giving humpbacks time to migrate south The delay is meant to provide more time for the whales to migrate south for the winter after building up blubber feeding off the shore.
—Jorge L. Ortiz, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024
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Andy Swift, TVLine, 27 Oct. 2024
Fixing maritime boundaries means atoll nations can continue to reap the economic benefit of vast fishing grounds, even if populations must migrate as dry land area is significantly reduced.
—Reuters, CNN, 26 Oct. 2024
According to Tony, his father and grandfather migrated from Italy to the US in 1938 to make a better life for themselves.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2024
Giving humpbacks time to migrate south The delay is meant to provide more time for the whales to migrate south for the winter after building up blubber feeding off the shore.
—Jorge L. Ortiz, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024
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“Migrate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/migrate. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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