migrate
verb (used without object)
to go from one country, region, or place to another.
migrating
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present participleof migrate.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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Washington would leave the US in the early 1850s, migrating to Liberia, where he photographed, with some grandeur, the leaders of the new free Black state there.
From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2026
Even so, as FactSet’s Kashner points out, money has been migrating out of more-expensive ETFs into cheaper ones.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
His first feature, 2002’s “Occident,” was a bittersweet slice of life about struggling Romanians considering migrating west to find happiness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
But this one appears to be migrating ever so slightly upwards.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
Frightful looked down on black ducks, mallards, bluewinged teals, plovers, godwits, yellowlegs, sandpipers—all the migrating birds that loved wetlands.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
