as in migrated
to leave a country or region to live elsewhere
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My grandparents emigrated from Hungary.
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Recent Examples of emigrated
In 2024, Cuba has suffered island-wide rolling blackouts that lasted more than a week, hundreds of thousands of people emigrated from the island and the social safety net once provided by the government all but evaporated.
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Patrick Oppmann, CNN, 19 Dec. 2024
Yet when his family emigrated to Perth in the early part of the century.
—Asif Burhan, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
The story begins in 1864 when a young James Trane emigrated from Norway to La Crosse, Wisconsin.
—Omaid Homayun, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
The school in Northwest Austin increasingly has Spanish speakers, students who have emigrated from around the world and bilingual students, Goodman said.
—Nicole Villalpando, Austin American-Statesman, 5 Dec. 2024
An ancestor, Tannous LaHood, emigrated from Aitou in the 1880s, according to one account, taking the first name Anthony and becoming one of the earliest arrivals from what was to become Lebanon to settle in Peoria.
—Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 29 Nov. 2024
The United Nations estimates almost 8 million Venezuelans have emigrated since Maduro came to power, while millions more live in poverty.
—Bianca Moreno-Paz, Austin American-Statesman, 24 Nov. 2024
He was born in Belize (to an estranged father who would later be elected the country’s first Black prime minister) and emigrated with his mother to Brooklyn at 10 years old.
—Jayson Rodriguez, Variety, 18 Nov. 2024
The Tatas are members of the Zoroastrian religious minority that had emigrated to India from Iran centuries before and the company had been founded by Jamshetji Tata in 1868 as a trading house.
—Dev Patnaik, Forbes, 19 Oct. 2024
Patrick Oppmann, CNN, 19 Dec. 2024
Yet when his family emigrated to Perth in the early part of the century.
—Asif Burhan, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
The story begins in 1864 when a young James Trane emigrated from Norway to La Crosse, Wisconsin.
—Omaid Homayun, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
The school in Northwest Austin increasingly has Spanish speakers, students who have emigrated from around the world and bilingual students, Goodman said.
—Nicole Villalpando, Austin American-Statesman, 5 Dec. 2024
An ancestor, Tannous LaHood, emigrated from Aitou in the 1880s, according to one account, taking the first name Anthony and becoming one of the earliest arrivals from what was to become Lebanon to settle in Peoria.
—Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 29 Nov. 2024
The United Nations estimates almost 8 million Venezuelans have emigrated since Maduro came to power, while millions more live in poverty.
—Bianca Moreno-Paz, Austin American-Statesman, 24 Nov. 2024
He was born in Belize (to an estranged father who would later be elected the country’s first Black prime minister) and emigrated with his mother to Brooklyn at 10 years old.
—Jayson Rodriguez, Variety, 18 Nov. 2024
The Tatas are members of the Zoroastrian religious minority that had emigrated to India from Iran centuries before and the company had been founded by Jamshetji Tata in 1868 as a trading house.
—Dev Patnaik, Forbes, 19 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for emigrated
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The researchers also inferred that these ancient American variants of the bacteria shared a common ancestor that dates to 9,000 years ago at most—when some early humans had already migrated from Siberia to the Americas.Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Dec. 2024
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The International Organization for Migration has estimated that 2 million people migrated from Somalia in 2021 in search of work, the latest data available.Omar Faruk, Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2024
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His family have since relocated to the UK.Gregg Evans, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
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Seeking to deepen her impact, Lahar left Columbia after three years and eventually relocated from New York to Israel and joined Tech2Peace to pioneer innovative approaches to fostering collaboration and understanding between Israelis and Palestinians.Hessie Jones, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
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A number of them, some 555 families, have been resettled as part of a state-city relocation program, in Albany, Westchester, Suffolk and other counties.Luis Ferré-Sadurní, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2024
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In a recent study of sponsorship's effect on the long-term economic outcomes of refugees resettled in Canada between 1980 and 2009, McMaster University researchers found that the impact of private sponsorship was greatest in the initial years after their arrival.Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
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Multiple other execs in the C-suite departed in the time since, most recently president and chief operating officer Chris Ruble, who was terminated in December.Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 8 Jan. 2025
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One surprisingly active club has been the Athletics, who have departed Oakland and will play their home games in Sacramento in the near term.Tony Blengino, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
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“Emigrated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emigrated. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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