migratory
adjective
mi·gra·to·ry
ˈmī-grə-ˌtȯr-ē 
Examples of migratory in a Sentence
most of the apple crop is picked by migratory workers
migratory birds heading south for the winter
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An obvious reason for this gap is the submergence of Sundaland that began about 400,000 years ago, wiping away most migratory routes our H. erectus ancestors would have crossed.
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Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Feb. 2025
New Interior Secretary Doug Burgum is already implementing the same playbook, issuing orders to ramp up oil and gas leasing, weaken migratory bird protections and consider changes to national monuments boundaries for the sake of increasing fossil fuel production.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2025
Bird Day, chaired by TAS Education & Advocacy Director Stephanie Clements, celebrates the annual northbound flight of nearly 350 species of migratory birds that stop in South Florida on their return to North America from the Caribbean, Central and South America, and Mexico.
—Christina Mayo, Miami Herald, 5 Feb. 2025
But similar concerns around PFAS and other environmental contaminants in migratory waterfowl exist in other flyways as well.
—Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 30 Jan. 2025
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Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Feb. 2025
New Interior Secretary Doug Burgum is already implementing the same playbook, issuing orders to ramp up oil and gas leasing, weaken migratory bird protections and consider changes to national monuments boundaries for the sake of increasing fossil fuel production.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2025
Bird Day, chaired by TAS Education & Advocacy Director Stephanie Clements, celebrates the annual northbound flight of nearly 350 species of migratory birds that stop in South Florida on their return to North America from the Caribbean, Central and South America, and Mexico.
—Christina Mayo, Miami Herald, 5 Feb. 2025
But similar concerns around PFAS and other environmental contaminants in migratory waterfowl exist in other flyways as well.
—Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 30 Jan. 2025
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“Migratory.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/migratory. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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migratory
adjective
mi·gra·to·ry
ˈmī-grə-ˌtōr-ē
-ˌtȯr-
: having a way of life that includes making migrations
migratory workers
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