emigrating

verb

Definition of emigratingnext
present participle of emigrate
as in migrating
to leave a country or region to live elsewhere
—often + from My grandparents emigrated from Hungary.

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for emigrating
  1. migrating
  2. relocating
  3. exiting
  4. departing
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  • Businesses might consider migrating non-critical workloads to the cloud while retaining mission-critical applications on VMware as a short-term solution.
    Will Townsend, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
  • My feeling is the space of the simulacrum is migrating into AI and video games and virtual reality.
    J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of migrating
Verb
  • There are no credible news reports that Kimmel made any serious statement about relocating to Canada.
    Joedy McCreary, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
  • The judges in response made the rare move of relocating the trial from Jerusalem to a secure court room at the Tel Aviv District Court.
    Barak Ravid, Axios, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of relocating
Verb
  • And Dollar General is currently in the middle of a distribution optimization, exiting four distribution centers (DCs) in the third quarter for a total of 15 within the past 12 months.
    Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Among those exiting this year was Global tech company Simplilearn.
    Bethany Blankley | The Center Square contributor, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 8 Dec. 2024
Definition of exiting
Verb
  • According to Deloitte, just 14% of companies are confident in their ability to fill the void left by departing talent, making most companies sitting ducks.
    Jon Michail, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • With Murphy and Joyner departing, both the backfield and the offensive line represented glaring holes that Riley probably would have to plug through the portal.
    Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of departing
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