relocate
verb
re·lo·cate
(ˌ)rē-ˈlō-ˌkāt 
ˌrē-lō-ˈkāt
relocated; relocating; relocates
: to locate again : establish or lay out in a new place
: to move to a new location
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Examples of relocate in a Sentence
He relocated to Los Angeles for his new job.
How can we convince more businesses to relocate to this city?
The company decided to relocate its headquarters.
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According to the Miami Herald, Poncho had been relocated twice for eating as many as four dogs, but had returned.
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Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 16 Jan. 2025
Around the same time, Lynch and his family relocated to Los Angeles, where Lynch studied at the AFI Conservatory and eventually began to work on what would be his debut feature, Eraserhead.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 16 Jan. 2025
Born in Michigan to an Australian father and German mother, Joint only relocated to Australia a couple of years ago and joined the national academy in Brisbane.
—Charlie Eccleshare, The Athletic, 16 Jan. 2025
Pryor calls himself Jo Jo Dancer in the movie and relocates the story to Ohio (despite filming in Peoria), but by 1986, the contours of his history were well known.
—Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 16 Jan. 2025
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Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 16 Jan. 2025
Around the same time, Lynch and his family relocated to Los Angeles, where Lynch studied at the AFI Conservatory and eventually began to work on what would be his debut feature, Eraserhead.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 16 Jan. 2025
Born in Michigan to an Australian father and German mother, Joint only relocated to Australia a couple of years ago and joined the national academy in Brisbane.
—Charlie Eccleshare, The Athletic, 16 Jan. 2025
Pryor calls himself Jo Jo Dancer in the movie and relocates the story to Ohio (despite filming in Peoria), but by 1986, the contours of his history were well known.
—Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 16 Jan. 2025
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relocate
verb
re·lo·cate
(ˈ)rē-ˈlō-ˌkāt
ˌrē-lō-ˈkāt
1
: to locate again
2
: to move to a new location
relocate a factory
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