as in to migrate
to leave a country or region to live elsewhere
—often + from
My grandparents emigrated from Hungary.
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Recent Examples of emigrate
Valadao, whose parents emigrated from the Azores, speaks Portuguese and Spanish, as a result of growing up on a dairy farm alongside Mexican farmworkers, Borges said.
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Faith E. Pinho, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2024
By the evening of November 6 on the U.S. East Coast, searches on Google about emigrating to Canada, New Zealand and Australia hit an all-time high for all three countries, according to an official for Google, Reuters reported on November 8.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2024
Popular on Variety After emigrating to America — where, as Fastvold notes, greed and unfettered capitalism rule while antisemitism remains potent — Toth pours his past into his architecture.
—Stuart Miller, Variety, 21 Nov. 2024
Both tell stories of young women who emigrate from Ireland to New York, though Costello’s protagonist, Tess Logan, arrives a decade later, in the 1960s, at a time of great change.
—Tomi Obaro, Vulture, 21 Nov. 2024
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Faith E. Pinho, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2024
By the evening of November 6 on the U.S. East Coast, searches on Google about emigrating to Canada, New Zealand and Australia hit an all-time high for all three countries, according to an official for Google, Reuters reported on November 8.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2024
Popular on Variety After emigrating to America — where, as Fastvold notes, greed and unfettered capitalism rule while antisemitism remains potent — Toth pours his past into his architecture.
—Stuart Miller, Variety, 21 Nov. 2024
Both tell stories of young women who emigrate from Ireland to New York, though Costello’s protagonist, Tess Logan, arrives a decade later, in the 1960s, at a time of great change.
—Tomi Obaro, Vulture, 21 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for emigrate
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As more viewers move to streaming services and away from traditional satellite and cable subscriptions, ad dollars are seen migrating to digital venues and away from linear TV.Brian Steinberg, Variety, 13 Dec. 2024
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Golden visas for foreign investors have become immensely popular since the pandemic crisis when hordes of U.S. citizens migrated abroad.Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 13 Dec. 2024
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Parents at two Fulton County schools are fighting to keep their children's classrooms open amid a district proposal to close them and relocate students.Kristal Dixon, Axios, 5 Dec. 2024
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Critics, including venture capitalist Bill Gurley, warn the decision could push companies to relocate to states like Nevada, seen as more business-friendly.Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 3 Dec. 2024
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After the death of Adler's father in 1867, the family resettled in Philadelphia with Adler's maternal uncle, David Sulzberger.arkansasonline.com, arkansasonline.com, 7 Dec. 2024
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After its abandonment, the majority of Diriyah’s former residents resettled in Riyadh, which today is a veritable metropolis.The Editors of ARTnews, ARTnews.com, 3 Dec. 2024
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The team’s pattern of drafting college hitters who should move quickly says that that is not their mindset, so go spend some of Arte’s money.Keith Law, The Athletic, 11 Dec. 2024
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Staple explained his goal for the partnership is to continue moving fashion into the future and to utilize technologies to improve the customer experience.Layla Ilchi, WWD, 10 Dec. 2024
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As has been long documented, Young bailed on the Springfield just before what would become an historic festival that made names of Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix and the Who and fully introduced Otis Redding to the counterculture heads in the crowd.David Browne, Rolling Stone, 2 Dec. 2024
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About a year ago, though, Orosz and his team just bailed on that plan and decided to get back to building an app for regular people.David Pierce, The Verge, 28 Nov. 2024
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“Emigrate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emigrate. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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