as in to move
to change the place or position of
those volumes have been relocated to the second floor of the library
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Recent Examples of relocate
The inmate is seeking immediate court relief after the Bureau of Prisons relocated the plaintiff to a special housing unit pending transfer to a men’s facility, the lawsuit states.
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Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 27 Jan. 2025
Plus, the likes of the radiator, oil cooler, and lithium-ion battery have all been relocated to the sidecar for better weight distribution.
—New Atlas, 27 Jan. 2025
The options include closing Mare Island Health and Fitness Academy and relocating Vallejo Charter School to that campus, reconfiguring Loma Vista Environmental Science Academy to serve grades TK-5, or closing Loma Vista entirely and repurposing the property.
—Bay City News Service, The Mercury News, 26 Jan. 2025
Upon arrival, residents were being relocated from the building.
—Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 26 Jan. 2025
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Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 27 Jan. 2025
Plus, the likes of the radiator, oil cooler, and lithium-ion battery have all been relocated to the sidecar for better weight distribution.
—New Atlas, 27 Jan. 2025
The options include closing Mare Island Health and Fitness Academy and relocating Vallejo Charter School to that campus, reconfiguring Loma Vista Environmental Science Academy to serve grades TK-5, or closing Loma Vista entirely and repurposing the property.
—Bay City News Service, The Mercury News, 26 Jan. 2025
Upon arrival, residents were being relocated from the building.
—Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 26 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for relocate
Verb
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To land the kiss on her cheek, Trump would have had to either crane his neck or move her hat.—
Kristen Waggoner,
Newsweek,
22 Jan. 2025
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Senate Republicans are moving ahead quickly on Hegseth’s nomination despite an affidavit from his former sister-in-law obtained by Senate Democrats that accuses him of having an alcohol problem and being abusive to his ex-wife Samantha Hegseth.—
Alexander Bolton,
The Hill,
22 Jan. 2025
Verb
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The move is an apparent effort to repeal President Biden’s executive order to remove potential workforce barriers for the outlined demographic in 2021.—
Ashleigh Fields,
The Hill,
22 Jan. 2025
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The site, however, was removed during Trump's first term which started in 2017.—
Kristen Waggoner,
Newsweek,
22 Jan. 2025
Verb
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In August that same year, her employer transferred her to the position of night guest laundry attendant at a wage of $16.50 an hour.—
Cathie Anderson,
Sacramento Bee,
24 Jan. 2025
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But strikers Carlos Vinicius, Islam Slimani and, to an extent, Darwin Nunez have struggled to transfer their Primeira Liga form in Portugal to the Premier League.—
The Athletic UK Staff,
The Athletic,
24 Jan. 2025
Verb
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The various surfaces, the way light is reflected off each of them, always shifting.—
Karl Ove Knausgaard,
The New Yorker,
27 Jan. 2025
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And then, like the snap of a finger, something shifted.—
Kimberly Wilson,
Essence,
27 Jan. 2025
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“Relocate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/relocate. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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