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to leave a country or region to live elsewhere
—often + from
My grandparents emigrated from Hungary.
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Recent Examples of emigrated
The 23-year-old had emigrated from Ukraine with her mother, sister, and brother.
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Dan Gooding
shane Croucher
jason Lemon, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
About the Iryana Zarutska case Zarutska emigrated to the United States from Kyiv, Ukraine, to escape the violence from Russia’s invasion, her family wrote on a GoFundMe account.
—Chase Jordan, Charlotte Observer, 9 Sep. 2025
Born and raised in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Kon emigrated to Israel in 1998.
—Uriel Kon
september 2, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2025
The first-gen Mexican Americans — whose parents emigrated from Jalisco, Mexico and worked in the fields as farm workers — were performing four events a month, charging around $100-200 an hour.
—Griselda Flores, Billboard, 28 Aug. 2025
But in the ensuing years, many young Jews emigrated — particularly during the 24-year Ceaușescu dictatorship, which allowed 1,500 Jews to leave every year from 1965 to 1989 in exchange for cash payments of between $2,000 and $25,000 each, plus Israeli military assistance to Romania.
—Larry Luxner, Sun Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2025
Danny is part of a generation that emigrated en masse, pushed out by a political, social, and economic crisis that forced him to leave behind his country, his friends, his childhood, everything.
—Martín Toro, Rolling Stone, 21 Aug. 2025
Mom and Dad emigrated separately from Ghana, met on the East Coast and raised their three kids in South Jersey.
—Alec Lewis, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2025
Later, her family emigrated to Los Angeles to run a linen business.
—News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Aug. 2025
Dan Gooding
shane Croucher
jason Lemon, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
About the Iryana Zarutska case Zarutska emigrated to the United States from Kyiv, Ukraine, to escape the violence from Russia’s invasion, her family wrote on a GoFundMe account.
—Chase Jordan, Charlotte Observer, 9 Sep. 2025
Born and raised in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Kon emigrated to Israel in 1998.
—Uriel Kon
september 2, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2025
The first-gen Mexican Americans — whose parents emigrated from Jalisco, Mexico and worked in the fields as farm workers — were performing four events a month, charging around $100-200 an hour.
—Griselda Flores, Billboard, 28 Aug. 2025
But in the ensuing years, many young Jews emigrated — particularly during the 24-year Ceaușescu dictatorship, which allowed 1,500 Jews to leave every year from 1965 to 1989 in exchange for cash payments of between $2,000 and $25,000 each, plus Israeli military assistance to Romania.
—Larry Luxner, Sun Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2025
Danny is part of a generation that emigrated en masse, pushed out by a political, social, and economic crisis that forced him to leave behind his country, his friends, his childhood, everything.
—Martín Toro, Rolling Stone, 21 Aug. 2025
Mom and Dad emigrated separately from Ghana, met on the East Coast and raised their three kids in South Jersey.
—Alec Lewis, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2025
Later, her family emigrated to Los Angeles to run a linen business.
—News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for emigrated
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The Taíno of Borikén, who had migrated from the Orinoco, traded with the Warao of Florida, with crops and knowledge flowing freely across the sea.—
Israel Melendez Ayala,
Time,
16 Sep. 2025
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In one instance, at finer resolution, the jet stream — a fast current of air that circles the Earth — migrated to the wrong location in the simulation.—
Zack Savitsky,
Quanta Magazine,
15 Sep. 2025
Verb
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In 2010, Crémieux relocated its offices and showroom to New York City and starting in 2014, the company began opening stores globally, with locations in New York City, Palm Beach, Bal Harbour, Paris, Saint-Tropez, Capri and London.—
Jean E. Palmieri,
Footwear News,
13 Sep. 2025
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Most of them — 69 people — were relocated to emergency shelters, while 22 others were placed in some form of permanent housing.—
Max Klaver,
Miami Herald,
12 Sep. 2025
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Once resettled on its new site, the church will be carefully restored and rotated so its entrance faces the community, which is a traditional orientation for folk churches in Arctic Sweden.—
David Nikel,
Forbes.com,
19 Aug. 2025
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During the rule of dictator Rafael Trujillo, from 1930 to 1961, many of the poorest residents of Santo Domingo resettled along the then-wild, sparsely populated north shore of the Samaná Peninsula.—
The New York Times News Service Syndicate,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 Aug. 2025
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Featuring a spacious taproom and pleasant patio, Wildbloom Beer is a business of one, run by Devin Bush, who at 19 moved from Connecticut to the United Kingdom to study brewing and has been brewing and distilling for almost 20 years now.—
Em Sauter,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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In 1877, John Woodward Jenkins moved with his family from Elburg, Illinois, to Leavenworth in search of musical opportunities.—
Sarah Biegelsen,
Kansas City Star,
14 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Baro and Jinyoung of B1A4 also departed WM and B1A4 in 2011.—
Jeff Benjamin,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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The 40-year-old is expected to start working at the south-coast club in the next week and will replace David Weir, who departed his role as Brighton technical director on Friday.—
James McNicholas,
New York Times,
13 Sep. 2025
Verb
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But 1996 turned out to be just the early innings of the dot-com mania, and those who bailed in late 1996 missed one of the most impressive five-year S&P 500 stretches on record.—
Dan Runkevicius,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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At an equally certain point, her fans and many of her critic champions bailed, at least for many years.—
David Browne,
Rolling Stone,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Emigrated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emigrated. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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