migrates

present tense third-person singular of migrate

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Recent Examples of migrates All the chairs are light enough to move around easily, as the group of guests grows and migrates. Rory Evans, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 July 2026 Cocoa butter softens and migrates toward the surface, resulting in fat bloom—the chalky, grayish-white film that appears on chocolate that has been temperature-stressed. Anne Wolf, Martha Stewart, 1 July 2026 Leaving it on too long can leave brows brittle or over-processed, and the skin around the brow bone can react if the formula migrates. Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Sacbee.com, 30 June 2026 Providing a sand source Beach shifting occurs naturally as sand migrates. Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 28 June 2026 But ties are not a substitute for capacity, and treating them as one is how the burden of public safety quietly migrates onto private citizens. Luis E. Romero, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026 Major media companies operating traditional linear networks have been under pressure in recent years amid stiffening competition from large tech rivals as programming migrates to streaming. Dade Hayes, Deadline, 18 June 2026 And this is not a one-time expense; filler eventually dissolves and/or migrates (another con). Tamim Alnuweiri, InStyle, 18 June 2026 The enrichment process Gas centrifuge enrichment works by spinning uranium hexafluoride gas at high speed; the heavier uranium-238 isotope migrates toward the outer wall while the lighter, fissile uranium-235 concentrates near the axis. Aditya Jadhav, Interesting Engineering, 11 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for migrates
relocates
Verb
  • The film stars young newcomer Eylul Guven as Sasha in childhood, whose family relocates to a new home on Vancouver Island at the start of the film.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 29 June 2026
  • Ruben’s modern twist on Northanger focused on a young American literature teacher named Catherine Winslet, who relocates to Bath to ghostwrite the memoirs of her eccentric idol, Mrs Daftwood.
    Jake Kanter, Deadline, 22 June 2026

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“Migrates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/migrates. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.

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