is moved to vs was moved to

Both "is moved to" and "was moved to" are correct, but they are used in different contexts. "Is moved to" is used for present or ongoing actions, while "was moved to" is used for actions that happened in the past.

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is moved to

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English for present or ongoing actions.

Use "is moved to" when referring to something that is currently being relocated or transferred to a new location.

Examples:

The meeting is moved to the conference room.
The event is moved to a different date.

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If you press F6, the selected area is moved to the cursor location.
In 1987, the departure is moved to its actually location, near the Tulwitz town, lengthening 500 meters the track layout.
Code is moved to other places according to its nature.
The term should not to be confused with combinatio nova, used when a previously named taxon is moved to a different genus or species, or its rank is changed.
When the cursor is moved to a part that is not shown, the screen will scroll horizontally. The line will be broken in the middle of a word if necessary.
The sound from the right speaker becomes louder when the dot is moved to the right; the sound from the left speaker becomes louder when the dot is moved to the left.
When the application is moved to the SD card, the widgets can not be used.
If a spam mail is detected, it is moved to a SPAMfighter folder.
When a page candidate has been found it is moved to the inactive queue if it is dirty, or the cache queue if it is clean.
Ariel meeting is moved to Wednesday.
26 Oct 2008: The distribution is moved to archive (post).
His heart is moved to compassion.
The item is moved to the Cart.
In some countries, the Day is moved to another Sunday of the month.
1255 - The Portuguese capital is moved to Lisbon.
Reference to the logbook is moved to Article 5.
Within a month is moved to Gaeta, hundreds of miles from his home.
Then much of the technical equipment is moved to the first floor.
If my husband is moved to bring siege against Spartacus to early conclusion.
If my husband is moved to bring siege against Spartacus to early conclusion.

Alternatives:

is being moved to
has been moved to
is relocating to

was moved to

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English for actions that occurred in the past.

Use "was moved to" when talking about something that was relocated or transferred to a new location in the past.

Examples:

The office was moved to a new building last year.
The equipment was moved to the storage room yesterday.

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In 1882, the post office was moved to Ypsilanti proper.
But in 1982 he was moved to Pollsmoorprison outside Cap Town.
Components, including motherboards and Ethernet network adapters were manufactured locally, until production was moved to Taiwan.
Her grave was moved to Guangzhou in 1957.
Production was moved to Feltham, Middlesex.
The protectorate was moved to Qiuci in 648 after the Tang dynasty defeated Kucha.
In 1883 the Municipality Center was moved to Pontestazzemese and Ruosina began to decay.
The capital remained at Balta until 1929, when it was moved to Tiraspol.
Hsinchu County Government was moved to Taoyuan.
Meanwhile the monument was moved to another place.
A week ago, the drone was moved to Afghanistan.
Spector's first appearance was moved to tomorrow.
Apparently it was moved to a different location.
John was moved to the men's ward.
But that's why he was moved to lock down.
He was moved to a protection chamber at his guard's request.
She was moved to a psychiatric facility.
Helga was moved to a reserve hospital further north.
It was moved to a museum in Guatemala City.
In 1983, their UK headquarters was moved to Mobberley, Cheshire.

Alternatives:

had been moved to
was relocated to

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