emigrate
verb (used without object)
to leave one country or region to settle in another; migrate.
emigrated
Example Sentences
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In Boston, Red Auerbach, whose Jewish father emigrated from Russia, coached the Celtics to nine NBA championships between 1957 and 1966.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
His family emigrated to Peru in 2014 to escape the crisis roiling their homeland.
From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026
Over the 1950s and ’60s most of them fled or emigrated to Israel, driven both by anti-Jewish persecution and by the desire to be part of the Jewish state.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
My mother was born to parents who emigrated in the 1950s during Batista’s regime.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
He emigrated aboard the Mayflower, which anchored off the coast of Massachusetts on November 9,1620.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
