as in to relocate
to move from one place to another
Every fall, hundreds of college students migrate to this town.
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In various parts of northern India, there are countless advertisements for immigration services and English-language learning, targeting numerous villagers eager to migrate.
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Matt Rivers, ABC News, 12 Feb. 2025
The Audubon Society has been conducting an annual bird count around Christmas for 124 years that has also noted Minnesota robins and Canadian geese are migrating less.
—Nick Halter, Axios, 11 Feb. 2025
Just one mile southeast of downtown, the neighborhood’s origin began when Black people began migrating to the area in the 1910s.
—Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Feb. 2025
While all players have been experiencing difficulties, commercial broadcasters have struggled to get to grips with declining traditional ad spend as advertisers migrate to digital.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 4 Feb. 2025
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Matt Rivers, ABC News, 12 Feb. 2025
The Audubon Society has been conducting an annual bird count around Christmas for 124 years that has also noted Minnesota robins and Canadian geese are migrating less.
—Nick Halter, Axios, 11 Feb. 2025
Just one mile southeast of downtown, the neighborhood’s origin began when Black people began migrating to the area in the 1910s.
—Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Feb. 2025
While all players have been experiencing difficulties, commercial broadcasters have struggled to get to grips with declining traditional ad spend as advertisers migrate to digital.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 4 Feb. 2025
See all Example Sentences for migrate
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