How to Use migrate in a Sentence

migrate

verb
Definition of migratenext
Synonyms for migratenext
  • 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.
  • But when fall arrives, the boy must go to school, and the owl must migrate.
    — New York Times, 24 May 2023
  • The adult worms lay eggs, and then the larvae migrate to other parts of the body.
    — Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 6 Aug. 2024
  • The eelgrass in the refuge is a magnet for migrating ducks and geese.
    — Scott McMurren, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Apr. 2023
  • And the chaos never really shuts off until the birds migrate south in the fall.
    — Billy Baker, BostonGlobe.com, 12 June 2023
  • The friend had migrated from Venezuela, and the family opened their doors to him.
    — Nell Salzman, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2024
  • Many of these species have to migrate in order to survive.
    — Devika Rao, The Week, 22 Sep. 2022
  • In response, the sea cows migrated to the park’s springs, which tend to be 72 degrees year-round.
    — Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Issues on the back burner, if not addressed, inevitably migrate to the top of the queue.
    — Daniel W. Drezner, Foreign Affairs, 12 Aug. 2024
  • The night progresses, and their bodies migrate from the dance floor to a bedroom.
    — Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 4 Aug. 2023
  • But as the oceans warm, the mollusks are migrating further north.
    — Laura Paddison, CNN, 14 Feb. 2024
  • Both East and Tern were packed with wildlife that migrated away in summer and fall.
    — Smithsonian Magazine, 10 July 2023
  • Killed off in Colorado by the 1940s, some have since migrated here across state lines.
    — Sarah Matusek, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Dec. 2023
  • Will people have to migrate in the future due to extreme heat?
    — Dominique Mosbergen, WSJ, 20 July 2022
  • One out of every three birds migrating through the U.S. in spring passes through Texas.
    — Ariana Garcia, Chron, 10 May 2023
  • The couple migrated to the West Bank years ago and planted grass, trees, herbs and flowers.
    — Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2023
  • This could happen if the City of Portland migrates oak species from places to the south, Tallamy noted.
    — Nathan Gilles, Fortune, 28 Dec. 2023
  • The agreement allows for up to 280 people a year to migrate from Tuvalu.
    — Reuters, NBC News, 28 Feb. 2024
  • All the streets are dark, the houses identical, in the sky ragged clouds race, and huge flocks, wings creaking like oars, migrate to the safety of the mind.
    — D. Nurkse, The New York Review of Books, 4 May 2023
  • Muslims from the North African coast of the Mediterranean also migrated to Belleville.
    — Michael Finnegan, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2024
  • There's always a reason to look up in this Gulf Coast town as migrating bird paths cross over the island.
    — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 27 Nov. 2023
  • But a small difference could provide a lot of clues about how cells divide, form and migrate—and how to deal with them when the process goes wrong.
    — Bethany Brookshire, Scientific American, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Coughlin said migrating birds and insects will also live in the green space.
    — Rebecca Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 2023
  • This change seems to have been in the works for quite some time now, as Mint users across Reddit have seen prompts to migrate to Credit Karma over the past few weeks.
    — Emma Roth, The Verge, 2 Nov. 2023
  • But use a stain-blocking primer to make sure any stains from the previous leak don’t migrate into your new paint.
    — Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2022
  • Also, keep your lights off from dusk until dawn to help birds migrating at night.
    — Christianna Silva, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Sep. 2023
  • Economists warn that even a small increase in tariffs on Mexico’s goods could lead to a rise in unemployment and poverty, and some say that could prompt more people to migrate to the United States.
    — Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2024

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