resettle
verb
re·set·tle
(ˌ)rē-ˈse-tᵊl 
resettled; resettling
1
transitive
: to settle (someone or something) again or anew
especially
: to move (people) to a new place to live
efforts to resettle refugees
2
intransitive
: to become settled again or anew (as after disturbance or upheaval)
The family resettled in the United States.
resettlement
noun
plural resettlements
the resettlement of refugees
a resettlement program
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Before requesting moving estimates, decide what’s worth transporting, what’s worth storing, and what’s worth replacing once you’re resettled.
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Nancy Ashburn, Encyclopedia Britannica, 19 May 2026
The episode then jumps ahead six months to find the family resettled on yet another modest ranch in Ria Paloma, Texas.
—Noel Murray, Vulture, 15 May 2026
By the end of 2025, more than a thousand Afrikaners were resettled in the United States.
—Annie Hylton, New Yorker, 14 May 2026
The missing man’s wife, Fatimah, and another son, 22-year-old Faisal, were meeting with two people from the agency that had resettled the family in Buffalo a year earlier.
—Dan Barry, New York Times, 12 May 2026
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Nancy Ashburn, Encyclopedia Britannica, 19 May 2026
The episode then jumps ahead six months to find the family resettled on yet another modest ranch in Ria Paloma, Texas.
—Noel Murray, Vulture, 15 May 2026
By the end of 2025, more than a thousand Afrikaners were resettled in the United States.
—Annie Hylton, New Yorker, 14 May 2026
The missing man’s wife, Fatimah, and another son, 22-year-old Faisal, were meeting with two people from the agency that had resettled the family in Buffalo a year earlier.
—Dan Barry, New York Times, 12 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for resettle
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“Resettle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/resettle. Accessed 28 May. 2026.
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