emigrated

verb

past tense of emigrate
as in migrated
to leave a country or region to live elsewhere
—often + from My grandparents emigrated from Hungary.

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Recent Examples of emigrated O'Connor's great-grandparents emigrated from Italy and settled in New Jersey. — Teresa Mull, FOXNews.com, 5 Aug. 2026 Her maternal grandmother emigrated from the southern Campania region as a child, and married a Lazio man in Syracuse, New York. — Julia Buckley, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026 The house was converted into a hotel in 2018 by Tomás Álvarez Aja, a Mexican tech entrepreneur whose ancestors emigrated to the Americas from Asturias—a social class known locally as Indianos. — Simon Willis, Travel + Leisure, 4 Aug. 2026 Her family emigrated to the United States when Chan was 13, settling in San Francisco’s Chinatown. — Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 1 Aug. 2026 Her family, who emigrated from the Congo, described her smile as warm and her demeanor as gentle. — Caitlin McGlade, Charlotte Observer, 31 July 2026 The experience prompted Tokmak, who emigrated from Turkey on a full scholarship to Stanford, to leave her role as director of engineering at Scale AI to start Netic to bring AI to trade businesses like plumbing and HVAC. — Richard Nieva, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026 Some of his forebears emigrated before the genocide; others barely got out. — Sarah Larson, New Yorker, 19 July 2026 The footballer’s father, Mounir Nasraoui, emigrated to the working-class enclave from Morocco; and his mother, Sheila Ebana, came from Equatorial Guinea. — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 16 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for emigrated
  1. migrated
  2. relocated
  3. resettled
  4. moved
  5. departed
  6. bailed
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  • Ellison, having just migrated Paramount out of New York last year, didn’t consider this the optimal time for a move but needed a contingency plan so the numbers on the merger made more sense, according to a person familiar with the situation.
    — Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Taleno, who migrated with his family to Hialeah at age 3, did indeed first get to know the Colombian bombshell back in her soap opera and TV hosting days.
    — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of migrated
Verb
  • Seven years after the defeat, Jones, who had relocated to Virginia, ran but lost in his bid to unseat incumbent Republican Eric Cantor for a seat to serve the 7th District of the state.
    — Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Romero said the plan for the post office building is to fill it with tenants relocated from other properties owned by Mana.
    — Catherine Odom, Miami Herald, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of relocated
Verb
  • Refugee aid programs have resettled many Congolese families in the suburbs north of the nation’s capital, as their nation has been rived by war, unrest and now an Ebola outbreak.
    — Jesus Jiménez, New York Times, 30 June 2026
  • Captain Alphonso Davies, Canada’s best player, was born to Liberian parents in a refugee camp in Ghana before being resettled in Edmonton, becoming a citizen in 2017.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2026
Definition of resettled
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  • At home, Indian authorities moved aggressively, seizing his properties and luxury assets, from high-end cars to jewelry and artworks.
    — Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Creekside and Worth County moved up in classification, and Bowdon and Hebron Christian have new coaches and graduated key players.
    — Todd Holcomb, AJC.com, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of moved
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  • Bernardo Silva already departed on a free transfer and joined Real Madrid after the expiration of his contract.
    — David Ornstein, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Wall Street banks, including BlackRock, departed the Net-Zero Banking Alliance in droves, leading it to cease operations.
    — Olivia Raimonde, Fortune, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of departed
Verb
  • In other words, nearly half of America’s crypto investors have bailed.
    — Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 26 July 2026
  • And in a sign that all may truly be forgiven, ESPN reported that not long after Kiffin bailed for Baton Rouge Golding bought his house in Oxford.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 22 July 2026
Definition of bailed

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