migration
noun
mi·gra·tion
mī-ˈgrā-shən 
: the act, process, or an instance of migrating
watched the migration of the birds overhead
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But skyrocketing housing costs, along with return-to-office mandates, have dampened migration to the area.
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James Powel, USA TODAY, 14 Apr. 2024
The narrative of displacement, migration and renewal Prince has imagined has no dialogue or lyrics beyond those heard in the more than two dozen songs from the catalogue of the Police and Sting’s subsequent 40-year solo career.
—Chris Klimek, Washington Post, 12 Apr. 2024
The congressional struggle over Ukraine aid has dragged on for six months, as the GOP tried to link it to reforms that limit migration across the southern border.
—Trudy Rubin, Twin Cities, 12 Apr. 2024
European Union lawmakers have passed a new package of laws that could change the EU's migration and asylum policies.
—Suzanne Nuyen, NPR, 11 Apr. 2024
In the fall, hummingbirds begin their southward migration to warmer climates for the winter.
—The Arizona Republic, 10 Apr. 2024
And yet, over the next decade, net migration is set to increase U.S. gross domestic product by roughly $7 trillion and increase revenues by $1 trillion, according to a recent report from the Congressional Budget Office.
—Michael Wilner, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2024
Trump’s evolving policy views are in step with the broader populist migration of the conservative movement.
—Jonathan Mahler Edoardo Ballerini Emma Kehlbeck Joel Thibodeau, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2024
That is true within E.U. countries, partly the result of migration and partly encouraged by education policies, as well as the vast store of intersecting languages in postcolonial countries in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and elsewhere.
—Rosemary Salomone, TIME, 7 Apr. 2024
James Powel, USA TODAY, 14 Apr. 2024
The narrative of displacement, migration and renewal Prince has imagined has no dialogue or lyrics beyond those heard in the more than two dozen songs from the catalogue of the Police and Sting’s subsequent 40-year solo career.
—Chris Klimek, Washington Post, 12 Apr. 2024
The congressional struggle over Ukraine aid has dragged on for six months, as the GOP tried to link it to reforms that limit migration across the southern border.
—Trudy Rubin, Twin Cities, 12 Apr. 2024
European Union lawmakers have passed a new package of laws that could change the EU's migration and asylum policies.
—Suzanne Nuyen, NPR, 11 Apr. 2024
In the fall, hummingbirds begin their southward migration to warmer climates for the winter.
—The Arizona Republic, 10 Apr. 2024
And yet, over the next decade, net migration is set to increase U.S. gross domestic product by roughly $7 trillion and increase revenues by $1 trillion, according to a recent report from the Congressional Budget Office.
—Michael Wilner, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2024
Trump’s evolving policy views are in step with the broader populist migration of the conservative movement.
—Jonathan Mahler Edoardo Ballerini Emma Kehlbeck Joel Thibodeau, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2024
That is true within E.U. countries, partly the result of migration and partly encouraged by education policies, as well as the vast store of intersecting languages in postcolonial countries in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and elsewhere.
—Rosemary Salomone, TIME, 7 Apr. 2024
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migration
noun
mi·gra·tion
mī-ˈgrā-shən
: the act, process, or an instance of migrating
migration of larval nematodes to the lungs
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