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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Recent Examples of migrate
Some wild birds are migrating earlier than usual, hatching juvenile birds in new or different habitats.
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Simon Hill, WIRED, 14 Dec. 2024
While burrowing owls that migrate from Oregon and Washington occasionally visit Coyote Valley in the winter, none had bred there for many years.
—Mark Degraff, The Mercury News, 14 Dec. 2024
The show later migrated to Max, HBO's streaming service.
—Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
In winter, humpback and blue whales are migrating past the coast which puts them at danger of entanglement in commercial crab fishing gear.
—Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
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Simon Hill, WIRED, 14 Dec. 2024
While burrowing owls that migrate from Oregon and Washington occasionally visit Coyote Valley in the winter, none had bred there for many years.
—Mark Degraff, The Mercury News, 14 Dec. 2024
The show later migrated to Max, HBO's streaming service.
—Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
In winter, humpback and blue whales are migrating past the coast which puts them at danger of entanglement in commercial crab fishing gear.
—Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
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“Migrate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/migrate. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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