Examples of migratory in a Sentence
most of the apple crop is picked by migratory workers
migratory birds heading south for the winter
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Bald eagles are migratory birds in Colorado that come through mostly in the winter to nest, lay eggs and raise their young.
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Jennifer McRae, CBS News, 1 May 2026
Encircling the lake could be a sufficient outing on its own; there were plenty of ducks and geese to admire, and the park generally is a popular spot for migratory birds.
—Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Apr. 2026
The lakes in the American West are major refueling points for more than three hundred different bird species, some of them endangered, along the Pacific Flyway, the migratory route extending from Alaska to Patagonia.
—Rosa Lyster, The New York Review of Books, 25 Apr. 2026
The amount of migratory birds overhead varies according to what the weather is and where you are located along the flyway.
—K. R. Callaway, Scientific American, 24 Apr. 2026
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Jennifer McRae, CBS News, 1 May 2026
Encircling the lake could be a sufficient outing on its own; there were plenty of ducks and geese to admire, and the park generally is a popular spot for migratory birds.
—Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Apr. 2026
The lakes in the American West are major refueling points for more than three hundred different bird species, some of them endangered, along the Pacific Flyway, the migratory route extending from Alaska to Patagonia.
—Rosa Lyster, The New York Review of Books, 25 Apr. 2026
The amount of migratory birds overhead varies according to what the weather is and where you are located along the flyway.
—K. R. Callaway, Scientific American, 24 Apr. 2026
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“Migratory.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/migratory. Accessed 5 May. 2026.
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migratory
adjective
mi·gra·to·ry
ˈmī-grə-ˌtōr-ē 
-ˌtȯr-
: having a way of life that includes making migrations
migratory workers
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