How to Use migrate in a Sentence
migrate
verb
- They followed the migrating herds of buffalo across the plains.
- Thousands of workers migrate to this area each summer.
- The whales migrate between their feeding ground in the north and their breeding ground in the Caribbean.
- He migrates from New York to Florida each winter.
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But when fall arrives, the boy must go to school, and the owl must migrate.
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New York Times,
24 May 2023
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The adult worms lay eggs, and then the larvae migrate to other parts of the body.
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Avery Hurt,
Discover Magazine,
6 Aug. 2024
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The Amazon study, for the first time, saw the trend in birds that don’t migrate or move much at all.
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Evan Bush,
NBC News,
12 Nov. 2021
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The eelgrass in the refuge is a magnet for migrating ducks and geese.
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Scott McMurren,
Anchorage Daily News,
16 Apr. 2023
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The soaps start to clump together to form the blisters and migrate through the paint film.
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Jennifer Ouellette,
Ars Technica,
18 Mar. 2022
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And — there won’t be as many of the big furry critters to migrate.
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John Schandelmeier,
Anchorage Daily News,
10 Apr. 2022
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The whole rug needs to get wet or colors in the fiber could migrate and result in a blotched look.
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The Washington Post,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Feb. 2025
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The worms will migrate to the top tray, leaving the castings behind.
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Los Angeles Times,
24 Mar. 2022
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At least half a million have migrated since the end of Trump’s first term — and more are on the way.
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Lissa Weinmann,
Orlando Sentinel,
4 Jan. 2025
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The man at the bird store said woodpeckers don’t migrate.
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Beth Thames | Bethmthames@gmail.com,
al,
23 Nov. 2021
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And the chaos never really shuts off until the birds migrate south in the fall.
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Billy Baker,
BostonGlobe.com,
12 June 2023
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The friend had migrated from Venezuela, and the family opened their doors to him.
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Nell Salzman,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Aug. 2024
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Many of these species have to migrate in order to survive.
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Devika Rao,
The Week,
22 Sep. 2022
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With large bodies and short legs, gators cannot migrate over land.
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Washington Post,
6 Apr. 2022
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In response, the sea cows migrated to the park’s springs, which tend to be 72 degrees year-round.
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Christian Thorsberg,
Smithsonian Magazine,
30 Jan. 2024
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Issues on the back burner, if not addressed, inevitably migrate to the top of the queue.
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Daniel W. Drezner,
Foreign Affairs,
12 Aug. 2024
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The night progresses, and their bodies migrate from the dance floor to a bedroom.
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Hannah Giorgis,
The Atlantic,
4 Aug. 2023
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But as the oceans warm, the mollusks are migrating further north.
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Laura Paddison,
CNN,
14 Feb. 2024
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Both East and Tern were packed with wildlife that migrated away in summer and fall.
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Smithsonian Magazine,
10 July 2023
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Killed off in Colorado by the 1940s, some have since migrated here across state lines.
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Sarah Matusek,
The Christian Science Monitor,
19 Dec. 2023
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While the next step for the worms would be to develop into adults and migrate to the lungs, this doesn't happen.
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Ars Technica,
13 Feb. 2025
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Will people have to migrate in the future due to extreme heat?
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Dominique Mosbergen,
WSJ,
20 July 2022
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But this trade seemed to migrate to other countries rather than back to the United States.
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Li Zou,
Orlando Sentinel,
21 Nov. 2024
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Many others migrate, as many birds do, to avoid harsh weather, to find food or to breed.
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Saugat Bolakhe,
Smithsonian Magazine,
27 Nov. 2024
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One out of every three birds migrating through the U.S. in spring passes through Texas.
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Ariana Garcia,
Chron,
10 May 2023
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The couple migrated to the West Bank years ago and planted grass, trees, herbs and flowers.
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Jeffrey Fleishman,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Nov. 2023
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