emigrate

verb

Definition of emigratenext
as in to migrate
to leave a country or region to live elsewhere
—often + from My grandparents emigrated from Hungary.

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Recent Examples of emigrate Strikingly, most Gazans express a wish to stay and help rebuild their devastated homeland rather than emigrate. — Michael Robbins, Foreign Affairs, 2 Oct. 2026 Soon after emigrating from Guatemala at the age of 10, Aguilar saw the importance of up-to-date news during the aftermath of the 1994 Northridge Earthquake. — The Sacramento Bee Staff, Sacbee.com, 1 Oct. 2026 Three million Cubans emigrated between 2013-24, the Harvard report says, citing a loss of close to 30% of the population. — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2026 In the celebrated 2017 novel Pachinko, Min Jin Lee’s multigenerational saga about a Korean family who emigrate to imperial Japan, a pastor meets with a young couple, the Baeks, on the eve of their departure. — Sanjena Sathian, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for emigrate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for emigrate
  1. migrate
  2. relocate
  3. resettle
  4. move
  5. bail
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  • Salmon born in its tributaries migrate to the ocean, spend years feeding at sea, then return to spawn, linking villages like Rampart to the same waters where the pollock fleet fishes.
    — Annika Hammerschlag, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
  • With VMware’s strategic changes complicating future planning, Topgolf decided to migrate its on-premises workloads, including those for its venues, offices, labs, and data centers.
    — Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of migrate
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  • Somewhere down the line, Sheridan relocated and retitled the show to Frisco.
    — Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Oct. 2026
  • The new creative director will make their debut in London, where the house relocated its shows for SS27.
    — Laure Guilbault, Vogue, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of relocate
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  • As a child, Calvin was resettled to the Newfoundland town of Snook’s Arm from the tiny island of Little Pot Rock by the Canadian government as a cost-saving measure.
    — Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2026
  • The family was among the victims of a scam targeting Haitians before resettling in Springfield.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of resettle
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  • Components can move from machining to assembly on the same day or the following day, enabling teams to test design changes on physical hardware sooner.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2026
  • However, the higher PPI is pointing to an economy that is gradually moving away from deflationary pressures even if the recovery remains uneven, said Hao Zhou, chief economist at Guotai Junan International Holdings.
    — Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of move
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  • Financial markets slumped on Friday as investors bailed on technology stocks amid concerns that companies exposed to artificial intelligence are starting to wobble.
    — Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
  • When the Pennsylvania native showed up bright-eyed and bushy-tailed for the first day of principal photography in 2013, the original director opted to bail on the proceeding.
    — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2026
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“Emigrate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emigrate. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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