relocate
verb
re·lo·cate
(ˌ)rē-ˈlō-ˌkāt 
ˌrē-lō-ˈkāt
relocated; relocating; relocates
: to locate again : establish or lay out in a new place
: to move to a new location
Synonyms
Examples of relocate in a Sentence
He relocated to Los Angeles for his new job.
How can we convince more businesses to relocate to this city?
The company decided to relocate its headquarters.
Recent Examples on the Web
The chip couldn't be repaired and the code was too large to place in one new location, NASA said, so the team worked to relocate the affected code into multiple sections of the flight data subsystem.
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Kerry Breen, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2024
Over the coming weeks, the Voyager 1 team will relocate the other affected portions of the software to different parts of the FDS memory, including portions related to the mission’s science data.
—Passant Rabie / Gizmodo, Quartz, 23 Apr. 2024
Outer Market While the wholesale fish market has been relocated to its new Toyosu location, Tsukiji's Outer Market is as busy and bustling as ever.
—John Clifford, Travel + Leisure, 20 Apr. 2024
Not a love song, but a song about escaping bad or boring circumstances by relocating (metaphorically or otherwise).
—Chris Willman, Variety, 19 Apr. 2024
So far, more than 800 people have temporarily relocated to neighboring Tagulandang Island, and no deaths or injuries have been reported.
—Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Apr. 2024
The overhaul forced the city of Fort Worth to spend upwards of $5.7 million to dig up and relocate water mains along the road (a task projected to wind up in July, two years behind schedule).
—Jaime Moore-Carrillo, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Apr. 2024
Davidson College on Thursday announced plans for a $100 million renovation of its library, including permanently relocating about half of its collection.
—Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 18 Apr. 2024
Those employees will be relocated to various Starbucks stores around the capital region.
—Savanna Smith, Sacramento Bee, 12 Apr. 2024
Kerry Breen, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2024
Over the coming weeks, the Voyager 1 team will relocate the other affected portions of the software to different parts of the FDS memory, including portions related to the mission’s science data.
—Passant Rabie / Gizmodo, Quartz, 23 Apr. 2024
Outer Market While the wholesale fish market has been relocated to its new Toyosu location, Tsukiji's Outer Market is as busy and bustling as ever.
—John Clifford, Travel + Leisure, 20 Apr. 2024
Not a love song, but a song about escaping bad or boring circumstances by relocating (metaphorically or otherwise).
—Chris Willman, Variety, 19 Apr. 2024
So far, more than 800 people have temporarily relocated to neighboring Tagulandang Island, and no deaths or injuries have been reported.
—Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Apr. 2024
The overhaul forced the city of Fort Worth to spend upwards of $5.7 million to dig up and relocate water mains along the road (a task projected to wind up in July, two years behind schedule).
—Jaime Moore-Carrillo, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Apr. 2024
Davidson College on Thursday announced plans for a $100 million renovation of its library, including permanently relocating about half of its collection.
—Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 18 Apr. 2024
Those employees will be relocated to various Starbucks stores around the capital region.
—Savanna Smith, Sacramento Bee, 12 Apr. 2024
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“Relocate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/relocate. Accessed 28 Apr. 2024.
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relocate
verb
re·lo·cate
(ˈ)rē-ˈlō-ˌkāt
ˌrē-lō-ˈkāt
1
: to locate again
2
: to move to a new location
relocate a factory
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