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migration

[mahy-gray-shuhn] / maɪˈgreɪ ʃən /


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Chile-based Latinobarometro is a non-profit organization that surveys opinions on a range of issues, from democracy to the economy, security and migration.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

While the Bogong migration continued in the years following the population crash, scientists were aghast at how few moths were making the journey.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

While an ageing population and lower birth rates are limiting the supply of younger workers, higher participation rates among older employees and migration have helped to offset this decline.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

The Mexican sexagenarian Teresa Margolles does just that across a body of work that focuses on violence, femicide, migration and border issues.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

Other ethologists are interested in a particular kind of behavior, such as the migration of birds.

From "My Life with the Chimpanzees" by Jane Goodall

Painted ladies undertake one of the world's most remarkable insect migrations, travelling from Africa to the UK over several generations, crossing the Sahara Desert and Mediterranean Sea.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

Critics fear deep-sea mining will cause irreversible damage, smothering marine life in plumes of waste and disrupting oceanic migrations with the thrum of heavy machinery.

From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026

Since the indexes are weighted by market cap, migrations prevent large companies from dramatically skewing the performance of indexes meant for smaller companies.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 4, 2026

Those migrations also coincided with the spread of Chinese-style government systems, writing, and education throughout Japan.

From Science Daily ● May 14, 2026

The separation of the speakers by migrations had effects on language comparable to the speciation observed by Darwin on various islands of Galapagos.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas




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