- present participle of migrate.
migrating
Example Sentences
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But this one appears to be migrating ever so slightly upwards.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
In the autumn and winter months, it also plays host to thousands of breeding seals, while about 250 species of migrating birds use it as a stopover point.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
"It also raises the question as to whether the helpful gains from more higher income shoppers migrating to Walmart are starting to fade," he wrote.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
As a teenager in 1992, Lobga joined an outflow of Tibetans migrating to India, which involves a dangerous monthlong trek across the Himalayas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
For Ashima, migrating to the suburbs feels more drastic, more distressing than the move from Calcutta to Cambridge had been.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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