migrate
verb (used without object)
to go from one country, region, or place to another.
were migrating
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past progressiveof migrate.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Hayes said consumers had stopped absorbing price increases and were migrating to the biggest and cheapest stores as they hunted for deals and tried to manage higher costs of living.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026
Wells also said that she was closely watching lesser-known apps like Lemon8 - created by the makers behind TikTok - and Yope to see if children were migrating to those platforms after the ban.
From BBC ● Dec. 4, 2025
One factor, they said, was easily preventable: the number of buildings that had their lights on, which disoriented birds that were migrating overnight on Oct.
From New York Times ● Jun. 18, 2024
Furthermore, the treatment was conducted in mice in the acute phase after stroke, when microglia were migrating to and replicating at the site of injury.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2023
But even without those problems, we’d all noticed that fewer hummingbears were migrating to the village.
From "Willodeen" by Katherine Applegate
