relocate
verb
re·lo·cate
(ˌ)rē-ˈlō-ˌkāt 
ˌrē-lō-ˈkāt
relocated; relocating; relocates
: to locate again : establish or lay out in a new place
: to move to a new location
Examples of relocate in a Sentence
He relocated to Los Angeles for his new job.
How can we convince more businesses to relocate to this city?
The company decided to relocate its headquarters.
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Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2025
Twilight, the first installment in the franchise, stars Kristen Stewart as Bella Swan, a shy teen who relocates from Arizona to Washington to live with her father.
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As development plans emerged, preservationists had sought to preserve the Sakauye Family’s farmhouse on the site before a decision was made to relocate it to History Park, which already exhibits migrant worker cabins.
—Devan Patel, Mercury News, 1 May 2025
In early February, the president floated a pie-in-the-sky plan to relocate more than two million Palestinians from Gaza to neighboring Jordan and Egypt.
—Mark Landler, New York Times, 1 May 2025
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Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2025
Twilight, the first installment in the franchise, stars Kristen Stewart as Bella Swan, a shy teen who relocates from Arizona to Washington to live with her father.
—Francesca Gariano, People.com, 1 May 2025
As development plans emerged, preservationists had sought to preserve the Sakauye Family’s farmhouse on the site before a decision was made to relocate it to History Park, which already exhibits migrant worker cabins.
—Devan Patel, Mercury News, 1 May 2025
In early February, the president floated a pie-in-the-sky plan to relocate more than two million Palestinians from Gaza to neighboring Jordan and Egypt.
—Mark Landler, New York Times, 1 May 2025
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“Relocate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/relocate. Accessed 8 May. 2025.
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relocate
verb
re·lo·cate
(ˈ)rē-ˈlō-ˌkāt
ˌrē-lō-ˈkāt
1
: to locate again
2
: to move to a new location
relocate a factory
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