as in relocation
the act of moving or being moved out of one place and into another
The family spent months planning their migration to a new country.
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Recent Examples of migration
At the end of the day, what is clear is that private wealth migration is no longer a fringe phenomenon, wealth advisors said.
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Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 11 Feb. 2026
Getting more adventurous in her teens, April started to follow the migration of salmon and steelhead in the rivers along the British Columbia coast.
—Outside Online, 11 Feb. 2026
Reduced migration is hurting the state economy, while the AI boom is behind an increase in construction jobs.
—Trevor Bach, Dallas Morning News, 11 Feb. 2026
James Van Der Beek arrived in Central Texas in the fall of 2020, not as part of a migration trend but as a man who had chosen to make a life here on his own terms.
—Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 11 Feb. 2026
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Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 11 Feb. 2026
Getting more adventurous in her teens, April started to follow the migration of salmon and steelhead in the rivers along the British Columbia coast.
—Outside Online, 11 Feb. 2026
Reduced migration is hurting the state economy, while the AI boom is behind an increase in construction jobs.
—Trevor Bach, Dallas Morning News, 11 Feb. 2026
James Van Der Beek arrived in Central Texas in the fall of 2020, not as part of a migration trend but as a man who had chosen to make a life here on his own terms.
—Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 11 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for migration
Recent Examples of Synonyms for migration
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Achillo Pinto touted the preservation of 50 jobs as part of the deal, while the remaining redundancies were supported in exiting the company with incentives, outplacement services, and relocation within the Como district.—
Martino Carrera,
Footwear News,
10 Feb. 2026
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Since 1974, when the United States began opening its economy more aggressively to global trade, the Trade Adjustment Assistance program has helped more than 5 million people with retraining, wage insurance, and relocation grants, at a cost in recent years of roughly half a billion dollars annually.—
Josh Tyrangiel,
The Atlantic,
10 Feb. 2026
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Reliable, comprehensive emigration statistics broken down by race under apartheid are hard to come by, but in 1961 alone, UNESCO calculated that no fewer than 25 faculty members resigned from the University of Cape Town to move overseas.—
Eve Fairbanks,
The Dial,
27 Jan. 2026
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After a century of heavy emigration—mostly to America—postwar Sweden began to change from a port of departure to one of call.—
Colton Valentine,
New Yorker,
24 Jan. 2026
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“Migration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/migration. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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