as in relocations
the act of moving or being moved out of one place and into another
The family spent months planning their migration to a new country.
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Recent Examples of migrations
While many storks continue to follow these traditional routes, some populations in western Europe have adapted to milder winters and abundant food supplies by halting their migrations and overwintering closer to their breeding grounds.
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Scott Travers, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
Census Bureau has corrected its state-to-state migrations estimates for Connecticut, turning a net gain of 57,000 into a loss of 13,500 people from 2021 to 2022.
—Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 20 Dec. 2024
The findings offer researchers a much more precise window of time in which the mixing occurred, as well as more insights into the demographics of early modern humans and the earliest Out-of-Africa migrations, according to the paper.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 12 Dec. 2024
The predictable movement patterns and traffic peaks observed in these sharks, the authors argue, are comparable to other structured behaviors seen in nature, from bird migrations to the timing of predator-prey encounters on land.
—Melissa Cristina Marquez, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
An unusual journey Humpbacks live in oceans around the world and are known for completing some of the longest migrations of any mammal, but this whale’s travels are special due to his movement between two breeding grounds.
—Julianna Bragg, CNN, 12 Dec. 2024
For generations, monarch butterflies have traveled thousands of miles across North America in remarkable, long-distance migrations.
—Gayoung Lee, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Dec. 2024
The monarch butterfly, long idolized for its epic migrations and delicate beauty, is facing another alarming chapter in its decline.
—Brandi D. Addison, Austin American-Statesman, 10 Dec. 2024
Wood noted the key drivers behind Q3 results included benefits from changes in Snowflake’s go-to-market (GTM) strategy, lower-than-expected storage headwinds as traction in new data engineering services more than offset migrations in the Iceberg product and early traction in Cortex AI services.
—Tipranks.com Staff, CNBC, 1 Dec. 2024
Scott Travers, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
Census Bureau has corrected its state-to-state migrations estimates for Connecticut, turning a net gain of 57,000 into a loss of 13,500 people from 2021 to 2022.
—Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 20 Dec. 2024
The findings offer researchers a much more precise window of time in which the mixing occurred, as well as more insights into the demographics of early modern humans and the earliest Out-of-Africa migrations, according to the paper.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 12 Dec. 2024
The predictable movement patterns and traffic peaks observed in these sharks, the authors argue, are comparable to other structured behaviors seen in nature, from bird migrations to the timing of predator-prey encounters on land.
—Melissa Cristina Marquez, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
An unusual journey Humpbacks live in oceans around the world and are known for completing some of the longest migrations of any mammal, but this whale’s travels are special due to his movement between two breeding grounds.
—Julianna Bragg, CNN, 12 Dec. 2024
For generations, monarch butterflies have traveled thousands of miles across North America in remarkable, long-distance migrations.
—Gayoung Lee, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Dec. 2024
The monarch butterfly, long idolized for its epic migrations and delicate beauty, is facing another alarming chapter in its decline.
—Brandi D. Addison, Austin American-Statesman, 10 Dec. 2024
Wood noted the key drivers behind Q3 results included benefits from changes in Snowflake’s go-to-market (GTM) strategy, lower-than-expected storage headwinds as traction in new data engineering services more than offset migrations in the Iceberg product and early traction in Cortex AI services.
—Tipranks.com Staff, CNBC, 1 Dec. 2024
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“Migrations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/migrations. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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