MIGRATIONS Synonyms: 33 Similar and Opposite Words

migrations

noun

plural of migration

as in relocations

the act of moving or being moved out of one place and into another The family spent months planning their migration to a new country.

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Recent Examples of migrations Enterprise-sized businesses spend, on average, 28 percent of their software budgets on unwanted upgrades, migrations, and licensing changes. — Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 21 Oct. 2026 That figure reflects performance on OpenAI’s test suite, not a guarantee of error-free migrations. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 19 Oct. 2026 Discovering unknown migrations More than 70% of North American bird species are migratory. — Amy L. Scarpignato, The Conversation, 16 Oct. 2026 The analysts see initial migrations to the platform averaging a 40% annual recurring revenue uplift. — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 9 Oct. 2026 Against monarch-butterfly migrations and environmental destruction, the family’s struggle becomes a story of displacement, resilience and fragile belonging. — Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026 Tracking data showed that the migrations were never that brief. — Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026 Why The Migration Team Needs A Clear Owner Large migrations can easily become everyone’s responsibility and therefore nobody’s responsibility. — Prashanthi Kolluru, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026 The magazine’s modern incarnation covers bird migrations and competitive stone skipping, oversized roadside attractions and how to grow roses. — HubSpot, 1 Sep. 2026

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