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emigrate

[em-i-greyt] / ˈɛm ɪˌgreɪt /
VERB
move to new country
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The ordeal eventually led Ms. Müller to emigrate to West Berlin in 1987, a bureaucratic torment that she describes here in deliberately tedious detail, to mirror the experience.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 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

Medics and analysts say Nigeria has a very low doctor-patient ratio, worsened by a massive "brain drain" as health professionals emigrate after being enticed by better working conditions abroad.

From BBC • Jan. 15, 2026

The Nazis struck the final blow to Jewish emigration in 1941 when they forbade Jews between the ages of eighteen and forty-five to emigrate.

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




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