This is part of what WordPress.com does when they map the domain from the old subdomain to the new domain name. They create a long list of ‘redirects’ visible to Googlebot, letting Google know of the old link that has changed and its new destination.
Learn even more here https://en.support.wordpress.com/map-subdomain/
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