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relocate

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


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Oxygen loss can reduce or relocate their prey, damage habitats and alter the food webs they depend on.

From Science Daily Jul. 20, 2026

Faced with having to relocate, residents worried about finding comparably cheap housing.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 17, 2026

Enikö Hajas, a psychotherapist who works with people who relocate abroad, said it’s common to experience depression, loneliness or grief in the first year or two after moving.

From Salon Jul. 11, 2026

Those who secure jobs in towns often relocate with their families, further draining rural communities of school-age children.

From BBC Jul. 4, 2026

She therefore decided to uproot the family and relocate to Godric’s Hollow, the village that was later to gain fame as the scene of Harry Potter’s strange escape from You-Know-Who.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling

If a family relocates, say, for a better job, they can carry their assistance with them within a given region.

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

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

In Paris, a public-private partnership, SEM Paris Commerces, relocates small businesses to empty storefronts, cultivating commercial strips that are far more interesting for strolling than scrolling.

From Slate Nov. 26, 2024

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

Around 700 people left their homes as a precaution in Le Porge, where more than 3,000 campers were also relocated, the prefecture said.

From Barron's Jul. 22, 2026

Before I relocated to the Pacific Northwest, I had only seen whales and other wildlife common to this region on TV.

From Salon Jul. 22, 2026

The TV executive noted that he was putting the home on the market only because he had relocated to Miami and no longer needed it.

From MarketWatch Jul. 20, 2026

Tennessee also offers a number of tax credits and grants for businesses, including many designed to support newly relocated businesses, cover costs of training new employees, and construction.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 18, 2026

Reyna herself was only now getting used to it, and she was pretty sure the statue did not appreciate being relocated in the middle of an ancient Roman city.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan

Elite netball teams are relocating from sports halls to major arenas, and players are noticing a difference in their pay packets.

From BBC Jul. 23, 2026

Since her husband at the time had previously lived in Paris and had family there, relocating to France made sense.

From Salon Jul. 11, 2026

Brian Stone Jr. says some cities eventually may need to adopt a “retreat to adapt” strategy, relocating residents from vulnerable areas to build city defenses.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 24, 2026

Other major companies—including Exxon Mobil and Elon Musk’s SpaceX and Tesla—have or are currently relocating to the state.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 22, 2026

When Seaborg was ten, his parents fled the meager opportunities of Ishpeming, relocating to a small community just south of Los Angeles.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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