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relocate

[ree-loh-keyt, ree-loh-keyt] / riˈloʊ keɪt, ˌri loʊˈkeɪt /


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Most animals "do not have many options" to relocate as their habitat burns, he added.

From Barron's Sep. 5, 2026

Felipe Tanaka, 40, is a manager of a business in the industrial park who has been told he must relocate for a data centre.

From BBC Sep. 3, 2026

In March 2025, she opened up about her decision to relocate to the rural New York estate full time, explaining that the calm setting helped to ease the symptoms of her anxiety and OCD.

From MarketWatch Sep. 2, 2026

Chinese leader Xi Jinping has ordered an all-out effort to evacuate and relocate people threatened by the floodwater.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 26, 2026

As far as Jefferson and Madison were concerned, only Congress could relocate itself, and it could do this only after it officially convened in Philadelphia.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy

Get this—even if a company lays off or relocates a worker to another state, the health plan would still have to pay the tax.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 11, 2026

Qiu's research suggests pollution is shifting west as heavy industry relocates to regions like Xinjiang, and that some cities in China have seen double-digit percentage increases in PM2.5 in the last five years.

From Barron's Feb. 17, 2026

After the family relocates to Connecticut from New York, Delia can’t help but turn their quaint, historical home into a gaudy spectacle full of terrible, modern-gothic artwork.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 30, 2026

Ghost of Yōtei relocates the action a few hundred miles north, to the Honshū region, and the setting a few hundred years later, to 1603.

From BBC Oct. 3, 2025

General Douglas MacArthur, the officer in charge of the United States Army Forces in the Far East, abandons his home in Manila and relocates to the fortified island of Corregidor.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

The area's climate is perfect for guitar-making, according to master luthier Zhang Weiyi, who relocated his business from Guangzhou in 2019.

From Barron's Aug. 31, 2026

In 1585, they relocated to the area after Spanish forces forced them from their earlier home, which was probably situated between present-day Payne's Prairie and Orange Lake.

From Science Daily Aug. 22, 2026

In a rescue mission on Wednesday, amphibian and reptile experts found dead wildlife, but also some survivors which were collected and relocated.

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

On Saturday in Carmel, Ind., emergency officials relocated about 40 residents from their homes amid flooding and helped move residents and staff from a senior living facility, Mayor Sue Finkam said.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 16, 2026

He also took care of several rich people’s summer homes during the fall and winter when they relocated to warmer places.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson

Last week, it was reported that the couple would be relocating to the UK in August.

From BBC Aug. 26, 2026

While aging in place remains the favored option, longer lifespans are leading more older adults to consider relocating somewhere that best supports their retirement vision.

From MarketWatch Aug. 25, 2026

Six years after leaving the U.K. amid a family feud, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are reportedly relocating back to Britain ahead of the school year.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 24, 2026

It comes less than 48 hours after the shock news broke that the Duke of Sussex will be relocating back to Britain from California within weeks with his wife Meghan and their two children.

From Barron's Aug. 21, 2026

Formerly, when the subject of relocating came up, Royal told Cora he favored Canada over the west.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead




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