out-migration

American  

[aut-mahy-gray-shuhn] / ˈaʊt maɪˌgreɪ ʃən /

noun

plural

out-migrations

1. the action or process of leaving a region or community to settle in another region, either domestically or abroad.

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Example Sentences

While out-migration declined from pandemic levels for most states, not so in Massachusetts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

This is because the introduction of income tax in the post-World War II era led to out-migration by wealthy Americans.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2024

The decision to open a limited harvest this fall was informed by sonar and visual spawner surveys and juvenile out-migration counts.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 25, 2023

With the school closed, the out-migration from the town would become all but irreversible.

From Salon • Feb. 23, 2023

Those who remained continued to work the land, but the out-migration of African Americans combined with other factors to make traditional agriculture less sustainable as the economic base of the region.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson