as in migrated
to leave a country or region to live elsewhere
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My grandparents emigrated from Hungary.
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Recent Examples of emigrated
The story begins in 1864 when a young James Trane emigrated from Norway to La Crosse, Wisconsin.
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Omaid Homayun, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
The school in Northwest Austin increasingly has Spanish speakers, students who have emigrated from around the world and bilingual students, Goodman said.
—Nicole Villalpando, Austin American-Statesman, 5 Dec. 2024
An ancestor, Tannous LaHood, emigrated from Aitou in the 1880s, according to one account, taking the first name Anthony and becoming one of the earliest arrivals from what was to become Lebanon to settle in Peoria.
—Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 29 Nov. 2024
The United Nations estimates almost 8 million Venezuelans have emigrated since Maduro came to power, while millions more live in poverty.
—Bianca Moreno-Paz, Austin American-Statesman, 24 Nov. 2024
He was born in Belize (to an estranged father who would later be elected the country’s first Black prime minister) and emigrated with his mother to Brooklyn at 10 years old.
—Jayson Rodriguez, Variety, 18 Nov. 2024
The Tatas are members of the Zoroastrian religious minority that had emigrated to India from Iran centuries before and the company had been founded by Jamshetji Tata in 1868 as a trading house.
—Dev Patnaik, Forbes, 19 Oct. 2024
But in the wake of these dramatic political changes, many middle-class families and young professionals have emigrated to Britain, Canada, Taiwan and the United States.
—Ani Freedman, Fortune Asia, 16 Oct. 2024
Goldberg-Polin, 23, was born in Berkeley, California, and emigrated to Israel with his family at age 7.
—Erin McLaughlin, NBC News, 14 Oct. 2024
Omaid Homayun, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
The school in Northwest Austin increasingly has Spanish speakers, students who have emigrated from around the world and bilingual students, Goodman said.
—Nicole Villalpando, Austin American-Statesman, 5 Dec. 2024
An ancestor, Tannous LaHood, emigrated from Aitou in the 1880s, according to one account, taking the first name Anthony and becoming one of the earliest arrivals from what was to become Lebanon to settle in Peoria.
—Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 29 Nov. 2024
The United Nations estimates almost 8 million Venezuelans have emigrated since Maduro came to power, while millions more live in poverty.
—Bianca Moreno-Paz, Austin American-Statesman, 24 Nov. 2024
He was born in Belize (to an estranged father who would later be elected the country’s first Black prime minister) and emigrated with his mother to Brooklyn at 10 years old.
—Jayson Rodriguez, Variety, 18 Nov. 2024
The Tatas are members of the Zoroastrian religious minority that had emigrated to India from Iran centuries before and the company had been founded by Jamshetji Tata in 1868 as a trading house.
—Dev Patnaik, Forbes, 19 Oct. 2024
But in the wake of these dramatic political changes, many middle-class families and young professionals have emigrated to Britain, Canada, Taiwan and the United States.
—Ani Freedman, Fortune Asia, 16 Oct. 2024
Goldberg-Polin, 23, was born in Berkeley, California, and emigrated to Israel with his family at age 7.
—Erin McLaughlin, NBC News, 14 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for emigrated
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The decline was primarily due to an 11% drop in net interest income, which the bank has attributed to higher funding costs as customers have migrated to higher-yielding deposit products.Trefis Team, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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Eventually, these American innovations migrated back across the Atlantic, becoming widespread in Britain in the 1920s.Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Dec. 2024
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Water, of course, is neither created nor destroyed, merely relocated.Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 10 Dec. 2024
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Since 2005, more than half that left had relocated to Texas by 2023, The Center Square reported.Bethany Blankley | The Center Square contributor, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 8 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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In 1977, the family resettled in Florida and Arlyn and John's youngest child, Summer, was born the following year.McKinley Franklin, People.com, 4 Oct. 2024
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Two medical responders were seen briefly entering his office and then departed.Allison Pecorin, ABC News, 10 Dec. 2024
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In 1891, the young man departed for the capital, taking the train with his mother, to sit at Mallarmé’s feet.Benjamin Kunkel, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
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“Emigrated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emigrated. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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