Move files to new folderif string matches

I'm trying to go through a number of folders and check their contents. If one or more of the files inside matches any of the strings in a given list, I would like to move those files to a new folder. I already have the new folder.

#!/bin/bash

find /path/to/sourcedir -type f | grep "string1\|string2\|string3" | while read f
do
  mv "$f" /path/to/destination
done

If you have many strings you can skip "string1\|string2\|string3" and use grep --file=file_of_patterns.txt where file_of_patterns.txt is a textfile containing the strings you want to match (one per line)

Move files to new folderif string matches

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