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
This vast coastal landscape is famous for its unique ecosystem, bird migrations, and the mesmerizing phenomenon known as the Black Sun, where thousands of starlings create breathtaking aerial displays at sunset.
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David Nikel, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
There are too many other factors influencing migrations, experts say, including weather conditions from year to year and large-scale changes to breeding and nesting habitats.
—Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 24 Mar. 2025
Wild birds, particularly waterfowl, carry the deadly disease, spreading it primarily during their spring and fall migrations.
—Donnelle Eller, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2025
Customers want to be confident that their investment in your platform is safe, that their technology won’t become obsolete overnight and that they won’t be forced into disruptive migrations.
—Jonathan Wagner, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
The waters of the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary off central California are rich feeding grounds for blue, fin and humpback whales that cruise the coast during their annual migrations.
—Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2025
Climate change can also contribute to instability and conflict when water and food shortages trigger increasing competition for resources, internal and cross-border tensions, or mass migrations.
—Paul Bierman, The Conversation, 17 Mar. 2025
Derelict culverts both threaten the integrity of roads and block fish migrations; on one stream in western Washington, for example, a series of too-narrow, impassable culverts prevent salmon from reaching their spawning grounds, violating the fishing rights of the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe.
—Ben Goldfarb, Vox, 14 Mar. 2025
The butterflies’ arduous pilgrimage is one of the planet’s great animal migrations.
—Chloe Berge, AFAR Media, 14 Mar. 2025
David Nikel, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
There are too many other factors influencing migrations, experts say, including weather conditions from year to year and large-scale changes to breeding and nesting habitats.
—Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 24 Mar. 2025
Wild birds, particularly waterfowl, carry the deadly disease, spreading it primarily during their spring and fall migrations.
—Donnelle Eller, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2025
Customers want to be confident that their investment in your platform is safe, that their technology won’t become obsolete overnight and that they won’t be forced into disruptive migrations.
—Jonathan Wagner, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
The waters of the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary off central California are rich feeding grounds for blue, fin and humpback whales that cruise the coast during their annual migrations.
—Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2025
Climate change can also contribute to instability and conflict when water and food shortages trigger increasing competition for resources, internal and cross-border tensions, or mass migrations.
—Paul Bierman, The Conversation, 17 Mar. 2025
Derelict culverts both threaten the integrity of roads and block fish migrations; on one stream in western Washington, for example, a series of too-narrow, impassable culverts prevent salmon from reaching their spawning grounds, violating the fishing rights of the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe.
—Ben Goldfarb, Vox, 14 Mar. 2025
The butterflies’ arduous pilgrimage is one of the planet’s great animal migrations.
—Chloe Berge, AFAR Media, 14 Mar. 2025
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“Migrations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/migrations. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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