move to
idiom
1
: to cause (someone) to feel (an emotion and especially sadness or sympathy)
He's not easily moved to anger.
2
: to cause (someone) to act or think in a specified way
The report moved me to change my mind.
His arguments moved them to reconsider the plan.
I felt moved to speak.
Examples of move to in a Sentence
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Colombia international striker Jhon Duran has completed a loan move to Zenit from Al Nassr.
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Ali Rampling, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026
Bezos’ move to scale back coverage in the opinion section and install a more centrist, Trump-curious crop of editors and writers frustrated the paper’s remaining readers.
—Max Tani, semafor.com, 9 Feb. 2026
Skolnick, 41, who has had a long career as an athletic administrator, played a key role in Delaware’s move to FBS football.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 8 Feb. 2026
His move to the Sandringham estate was accelerated after the latest batch of Epstein files were released, and after Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was seen waving to photographers and bystanders at Windsor Castle, as if nothing had happened.
—Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 8 Feb. 2026
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Ali Rampling, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026
Bezos’ move to scale back coverage in the opinion section and install a more centrist, Trump-curious crop of editors and writers frustrated the paper’s remaining readers.
—Max Tani, semafor.com, 9 Feb. 2026
Skolnick, 41, who has had a long career as an athletic administrator, played a key role in Delaware’s move to FBS football.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 8 Feb. 2026
His move to the Sandringham estate was accelerated after the latest batch of Epstein files were released, and after Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was seen waving to photographers and bystanders at Windsor Castle, as if nothing had happened.
—Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 8 Feb. 2026
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“Move to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/move%20to. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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