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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Research indicates that Florida manatees trace their evolutionary origins to Caribbean ancestors that migrated northward over the past 12,000 years.
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Beth Brady, Sun Sentinel, 21 Jan. 2025
Image Deportees also feel greater pressure to get to the United States than do people migrating for the first time, said the Rev. Francisco Pellizzari, the director of Casa del Migrante, the main shelter for deportees in Guatemala City.
—Daniele Volpe, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2025
My family is from a small town in Mexico, and a lot of them have migrated here.
—Allure Editors, Allure, 17 Jan. 2025
Growing up, Schiff’s parents ran a music store — first in New York and later in Tamarac, where so many ex-New Yorkers migrated in the 1970s.
—Steve Bousquet, Sun Sentinel, 11 Jan. 2025
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Beth Brady, Sun Sentinel, 21 Jan. 2025
Image Deportees also feel greater pressure to get to the United States than do people migrating for the first time, said the Rev. Francisco Pellizzari, the director of Casa del Migrante, the main shelter for deportees in Guatemala City.
—Daniele Volpe, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2025
My family is from a small town in Mexico, and a lot of them have migrated here.
—Allure Editors, Allure, 17 Jan. 2025
Growing up, Schiff’s parents ran a music store — first in New York and later in Tamarac, where so many ex-New Yorkers migrated in the 1970s.
—Steve Bousquet, Sun Sentinel, 11 Jan. 2025
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“Migrate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/migrate. Accessed 27 Jan. 2025.
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