as in to migrate
to leave a country or region to live elsewhere
—often + from
My grandparents emigrated from Hungary.
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Musk was born in South Africa and lived there for nearly two decades before emigrating to Canada alongside his family.
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Dan Perry, Newsweek, 28 Feb. 2025
Listen to this article DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — As Rabbi Yusuf Hamra and his son Henry were visiting Damascus last week for the first time since emigrating from Syria to the United States more than three decades ago, they were met by former neighbors offering embraces and gossip.
—Abby Sewell, Sun Sentinel, 20 Feb. 2025
Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist stars Adrien Brody as a fictional architect emigrating from Hungary to America in the wake of WWII, with Jones, 41, as his wife Erzsébet following behind years later.
—Jack Smart, People.com, 16 Feb. 2025
The original Mark the Tailor was established in 1960 by David Mark, a Romanian Jew who survived the Holocaust and later emigrated to Boston to find work as a tailor.
—Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 12 Feb. 2025
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Dan Perry, Newsweek, 28 Feb. 2025
Listen to this article DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — As Rabbi Yusuf Hamra and his son Henry were visiting Damascus last week for the first time since emigrating from Syria to the United States more than three decades ago, they were met by former neighbors offering embraces and gossip.
—Abby Sewell, Sun Sentinel, 20 Feb. 2025
Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist stars Adrien Brody as a fictional architect emigrating from Hungary to America in the wake of WWII, with Jones, 41, as his wife Erzsébet following behind years later.
—Jack Smart, People.com, 16 Feb. 2025
The original Mark the Tailor was established in 1960 by David Mark, a Romanian Jew who survived the Holocaust and later emigrated to Boston to find work as a tailor.
—Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 12 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for emigrate
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The third woman, Tamara, is from the contingent of Soviet Jews who went to Israel first, before electing to migrate again.—
David Bezmozgis,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2025
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Laws like the Digital Choice Act allow creators and everyday people on social media to migrate their content and communities to other platforms that are better positioned to meet their needs.—
Spencer Cox,
Time,
4 Apr. 2025
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By 2019, Mush had relocated to Chicago and was pulling in $5 million in annual sales.—
Chloe Sorvino,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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But with Pokrovsk itself heavily defended and the military supplies previously situated there largely relocated, Russia’s main effort in the area could be to push westward, rather than north.—
Andrew Carey and Kosta Gak,
CNN Money,
9 Apr. 2025
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Such efforts are financed by individual donations made by local residents, including some who resettled in Europe and the Middle East during the war and remain abroad.—
Dominique Soguel,
Christian Science Monitor,
27 Mar. 2025
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Under previous governments, the country argued that the presence of many Ukrainian refugees (even before the full-scale Russian invasion of 2022) meant Poland should not be obliged to resettle refugees from the Middle East and Africa.—
Frey Lindsay,
Forbes.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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Eventually any discourse about his low batting average and moving him in the lineup evaporated as Judge finished with a .322 average, 58 homers and 144 RBIS, barely missing out on matching Mickey Mantle in the Triple Crown department.—
Larry Fleisher,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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He was appointed to the position in 2024 after longtime trustee Dan Bobrowski moved from the area and left the board.—
Jesse Wright,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Apr. 2025
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The Emmys, known for lingering on shows long past their primes, bailed in Season 5.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
8 Apr. 2025
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Like any self-respecting depressive who’s unready to address her self-sabotaging, Laurie bails on their impromptu intervention before entrées.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
31 Mar. 2025
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“Emigrate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emigrate. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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