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 Ma’s parents emigrated from China and eventually settled in New York. — Jon Regardie, Los Angeles Times, 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 But emigrating or going to a big city, if everyone does that, then the area doesn’t have a chance to regenerate. — Michael Walker, New York Times, 15 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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  • De La Faverie decided to relocate the brand’s operations to Deciem’s headquarters in Canada for a complete overhaul, a move endorsed by brand founder William Lauder.
    — Jenny B. Fine, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026
  • The prologue starts in 1986 in Newfoundland with a family relocating, uprooting their lives in the most all-encompassing of ways, taking their entire home — propped up on a barge and steered by a lone motorboat — across a bay.
    — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of relocate
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  • The family was among the victims of a scam targeting Haitians before resettling in Springfield.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 4 Oct. 2026
  • The agency said that while in Ukraine, the soldiers had expressed their desires to resettle in South Korea, according to Yun.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of resettle
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  • Rural areas account for nearly 40% of sales of fast-moving consumer goods, according to data from consultancy Nielsen Consumer.
    — Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Tinubu’s then-employers at Mobil Oil told investigators his treasurer role did not involve moving large sums and that the company never authorized him to hold its funds personally.
    — Adrian Elimian, semafor.com, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of move
Verb
  • But Abby worries about losing the trust of her preteen son Denny (Christopher Woodley) by bailing on his dad at such a strategic time.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2026
  • The suspect, who was not named, is the seventh man bailed in the investigation of an apparent plot aimed at RAF Fairford air base, which has been used by American bombers to strike Iran.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of bail

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