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relocate

[ree-loh-kayt, ree-loh-kayt] / riˈloʊ keɪt, ˌri loʊˈkeɪt /


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Incident command was ultimately forced to relocate three times, as command posts were inundated with fleeing residents and eventually the fire itself.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

Top delegates to the Pacific talks will hold a one-day retreat on low-lying Tuvalu, a small island nation laying plans to relocate the population if it is consumed by the ocean.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

The North Korean soldiers had publicly expressed a desire to relocate to the South.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

Alvarez said many students are “working adults, parents, caregivers, and first-generation students who are rooted in their communities and cannot relocate or commute long distances to earn a degree.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026

So precious did European axes become during this time, according to Brian Ferguson, an anthropologist at Rutgers University, that when a source appeared the Yanomami would relocate whole villages to be near it.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

“The Merry Wives of Windsor Cove,” a musical adaptation of Shakespeare’s “The Merry Wives of Windsor” at UC Irvine’s New Swan Shakespeare Festival, relocates the comedy to a Southern California beach town in the 1950s.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026

Get this—even if a company lays off or relocates a worker to another state, the health plan would still have to pay the tax.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026

Qiu's research suggests pollution is shifting west as heavy industry relocates to regions like Xinjiang, and that some cities in China have seen double-digit percentage increases in PM2.5 in the last five years.

From Barron's ● Feb. 17, 2026

Outcast Henry's life fails to improve when his family relocates to Hawkins, where he spends his free time hanging out with spiders in an attic.

From BBC ● Nov. 26, 2025

General Douglas MacArthur, the officer in charge of the United States Army Forces in the Far East, abandons his home in Manila and relocates to the fortified island of Corregidor.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

Entire villages have been relocated, although it's hard to pin down the number or what compensation residents were offered.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

Folkestone and Hythe District Council said 90 people were relocated from Pavilion Court in Marine Terrace following concerns raised by safety inspectors.

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026

Last year, Manus relocated most of its China-based employees to Singapore after receiving investment from a California-based venture-capital firm.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

My colleague Corinne Purtill went to the relocated meet-up for Barrio Athletics, which is based in South L.A. and attracts a multiethnic group of runners.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

He also took care of several rich people’s summer homes during the fall and winter when they relocated to warmer places.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson

Perry explained that relocating had long been in the back of his mind.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

Some tech executives have been relocating or moving their assets to try to avoid the potential tax.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Nor do we know, because the government hasn't decided yet, what relocating - residency - would look like legally.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

In Seattle, tech workers said relocating to the pricier San Francisco area would be a lifestyle downgrade.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

“I’m not relocating again just because you want to have late-night pillow chats with one of your stupid friends.”

From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth




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