emigrate
verb
em·i·grate
ˈe-mə-ˌgrāt 
emigrated; emigrating
: to leave one's place of residence or country to live elsewhere
emigrated from Canada to the United States
Examples of emigrate in a Sentence
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The failure of the British government to adequately help the starving population forced over 1 million more to emigrate.
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Eoin McSweeney, CNN, 29 Mar. 2024
The family wound up emigrating to the United States in 1949, when Thorn was still a toddler.
—Frederic J. Frommer, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Mar. 2024
The family emigrated from Germany and settled in the Oxnard area in the late 1800s, farming sugar beets and lima beans before moving into citrus, then row crops.
—Rebecca Plevin, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2024
Some of the longest lines formed in capitals where large numbers of Russians have emigrated since the 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
—Patrick Reevell, ABC News, 18 Mar. 2024
The executive emigrated to the U.S. with her family at age 7, fleeing the violence of the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran.
—Lila MacLellan, Fortune, 18 Mar. 2024
Her own parents emigrated from Uganda, and she was born in east London and grew up facing complexities and responsibilities outside even the traditional definition of young carer.
—Lenora Chu, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Mar. 2024
The future Queen Mary was born Mary Donaldson in Hobart, Tasmania in 1972, almost a decade after her parents, John and Henrietta, emigrated from Scotland.
—Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 5 Feb. 2024
Many Jews emigrated from Morocco to Israel to play a part in building the Jewish state.
—Theo Zenou, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Mar. 2024
Eoin McSweeney, CNN, 29 Mar. 2024
The family wound up emigrating to the United States in 1949, when Thorn was still a toddler.
—Frederic J. Frommer, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Mar. 2024
The family emigrated from Germany and settled in the Oxnard area in the late 1800s, farming sugar beets and lima beans before moving into citrus, then row crops.
—Rebecca Plevin, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2024
Some of the longest lines formed in capitals where large numbers of Russians have emigrated since the 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
—Patrick Reevell, ABC News, 18 Mar. 2024
The executive emigrated to the U.S. with her family at age 7, fleeing the violence of the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran.
—Lila MacLellan, Fortune, 18 Mar. 2024
Her own parents emigrated from Uganda, and she was born in east London and grew up facing complexities and responsibilities outside even the traditional definition of young carer.
—Lenora Chu, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Mar. 2024
The future Queen Mary was born Mary Donaldson in Hobart, Tasmania in 1972, almost a decade after her parents, John and Henrietta, emigrated from Scotland.
—Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 5 Feb. 2024
Many Jews emigrated from Morocco to Israel to play a part in building the Jewish state.
—Theo Zenou, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Mar. 2024
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emigrate
verb
em·i·grate
ˈem-ə-ˌgrāt
emigrated; emigrating
: to leave a country or region to live elsewhere
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