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relocate

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


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Since 2019, the most common reason people give when they sell their home and relocate is that they want to be near friends and family, Lautz said, citing NAR data.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026

“Didn’t really have to relocate to do the thing that I love.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

Carmarthenshire Council issued Wale with an enforcement notice alleging he had broken planning rules, but he has been given more time to relocate the animals.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

Russian forces have edged close to the city's eastern fringes, which has prompted calls for the civilians who remain to relocate to safer regions of Ukraine.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 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

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

The other key question is what’s going to happen to the Sundance Film Festival once it relocates to Boulder in 2027.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 30, 2026

In the winter, she relocates to the outskirts of Dehradun, near the Himalayan foothills.

From BBC ● Nov. 27, 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

Evidence also indicates that survivors who had lived inland relocated toward the northern coast.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026

After sitting idle for months at a maintenance facility, it relocated in early July to waters off a strip of coastline known as the Kalma Peninsula.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

As the problems piled up, businesses closed or relocated and residents became more irate, the project pivoted in January 2025 from reimagining Oxford station to just getting the road back open by August this year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

Marcia Kaiser, 76, and her husband relocated from Bergen County, N.J., to South Orange, N.J., in 2020 to be closer to one of their daughters and two grandchildren.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026

Those households with residential permits qualifying them to be in Johannesburg were to be relocated in Soweto and pans of Tembisa, a black township under construction outside Johannesburg.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane

They were also raising Ksenia's three children from a previous relationship, which meant relocating the whole family to the UK was deemed unaffordable, Valerie says.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

Melissa Joan Hart is coming up on six years in Music City, after relocating from Connecticut with her husband, Mark Wilkerson, and their three sons.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

Klitschko said residents with friends or relatives outside Kyiv should consider temporarily relocating -- repeating a suggestion that had triggered a backlash last year.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

In 2025, the team defeated the Indiana Pacers to win its first NBA championship since relocating.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

“You have nothing to worry about. We are merely relocating you. You and your wife and your son have ten minutes. You must each pack one suitcase.”

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


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