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emigrate

[em-i-greyt] / ˈɛm ɪˌgreɪt /
VERB
move to new country
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According to a recent survey by the ONDH, 74 percent of 500 young people living near the border said they followed accounts or content related to preparing to emigrate.

From Barron's Aug. 15, 2026

But he got bored with the paperwork required to emigrate and changed his mind.

From BBC Apr. 23, 2026

Talented young Hungarians continued to emigrate to Western Europe.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 13, 2026

"If I don't find a job here, I'll have to emigrate again. We have no choice. We can't starve," he added.

From Barron's Mar. 11, 2026

Many Jews wanted to leave Germany, but they couldn’t afford to emigrate, especially when they had large families.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

The two lose contact for 12 years after Nora’s family emigrates to the United States and reconnect after Hae-sung finds her again on Facebook.

From Salon Apr. 19, 2024

The top prize for best feature went to drama Past Lives, about childhood sweethearts in South Korea who are separated when one emigrates to the US.

From BBC Nov. 28, 2023

“No one emigrates from their country because they want to. One migrates because you have basic needs and there isn’t support in your native country,” she said, starting to cry.

From Seattle Times Oct. 6, 2023

On that February afternoon, Moshfegh, a self-described workaholic, reported she was already halfway through her next novel, about a woman who emigrates from China to San Francisco in the early 1900s.

From New York Times Apr. 16, 2020

Whoever of them emigrates is under the guarantee of God.

From A Critical Exposition of the Popular 'Jihád' Showing that all the Wars of Mohammad Were Defensive; and that Aggressive War, or Compulsory Conversion, is not Allowed in The Koran - 1885 by Cherágh Ali

Sitting in a circle, students, retirees and professionals share similar worries: blackouts, economic hardship, relatives who have emigrated and plans put on hold.

From Barron's Aug. 4, 2026

Born in 1947 in Northern Ireland, Neill emigrated to New Zealand at the age of 7.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 13, 2026

His father emigrated from Cyprus and began selling fresh fruit and ice cream from a stall in Piccadilly Circus in the late 1950s.

From BBC Jul. 12, 2026

My love for the Fourth comes from my grandfather, who emigrated to this country from Lebanon.

From Salon Jul. 3, 2026

Gitl and Yitzchak had emigrated to Israel, where they lived, close friends, until well into their seventies.

From "The Devil's Arithmetic" by Jane Yolen

The 70-year-old plays up her personal story as the daughter of Jewish parents who she says "barely survived" the Holocaust before emigrating to Costa Rica.

From Barron's Jul. 23, 2026

The menu revolves around the food of Barsoom’s native Egypt, where she lived before emigrating to Canada in 2000.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 11, 2026

And he, as a young boy, was part of the avocado trade before emigrating to the United States.

From Slate Feb. 25, 2026

"It seems pretty sad we might have to think about emigrating somewhere else to make a living out of the sport that we so enjoy," he told BBC Sport.

From BBC Sep. 9, 2025

The same procedure can be applied to reconstruct Proto-Malayo-Polynesian, the ancestral language spoken by Austronesians after emigrating from Taiwan.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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