migrate
verb (used without object)
to go from one country, region, or place to another.
are migrating
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present progressiveof migrate.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Costs are migrating from ratepayers toward the companies using the power.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026
“The binding constraints are migrating into the physical layer: materials science, molecular engineering, and specialty chemistry.”
From Barron's ● Feb. 25, 2026
Some workers are migrating to skilled trades, white-collar employees are under pressure to level up their AI skills and parents are trying to figure out how to guide their college-age kids.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 22, 2025
Rather, many affluent young professionals are migrating out of the state.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2025
This cry is frequently uttered while the birds are migrating.
From Argentine Ornithology, Volume II (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. by W. H. (William Henry) Hudson
