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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While Live is one of the last ABC shows to migrate to the building, Good Morning America is also expected to make the move by the end of 2025.
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Jordana Comiter, People.com, 2 Apr. 2025
Endangered whooping cranes also migrate through central Nebraska, and an H5N1 outbreak could be potentially devastating to the species.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
People have migrated to areas previously occupied by forest and chaparral to escape urban stresses and to build cheaper homes.
—Hugo A Loaiciga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Mar. 2025
Meanwhile, Houston Botanic Gardens is hosting a March for Monarchs on Saturday as the butterflies migrate north.
—Shafaq Patel, Axios, 21 Mar. 2025
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Jordana Comiter, People.com, 2 Apr. 2025
Endangered whooping cranes also migrate through central Nebraska, and an H5N1 outbreak could be potentially devastating to the species.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
People have migrated to areas previously occupied by forest and chaparral to escape urban stresses and to build cheaper homes.
—Hugo A Loaiciga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Mar. 2025
Meanwhile, Houston Botanic Gardens is hosting a March for Monarchs on Saturday as the butterflies migrate north.
—Shafaq Patel, Axios, 21 Mar. 2025
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“Migrate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/migrate. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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