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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Nearly half of Cincinnati’s Black residents eventually resettled in Canada.
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Equal Justice Initiative, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
Muzhda Oriakhil, senior community engagement manager at Friends of Refugees, an Atlanta-area nonprofit that helps refugees resettle, said her group and others are scrambling to provide temporary food assistance for refugee families.
—Renuka Rayasam, ABC News, 30 Oct. 2025
The family resettled in 1852 to Paris, where Berthe and two sisters began drawing lessons.
—Robert Taylor, Mercury News, 21 Oct. 2025
Work was scarce, but after three years, the UN called with an opportunity to resettle in the United States.
—Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 18 Oct. 2025
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Equal Justice Initiative, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
Muzhda Oriakhil, senior community engagement manager at Friends of Refugees, an Atlanta-area nonprofit that helps refugees resettle, said her group and others are scrambling to provide temporary food assistance for refugee families.
—Renuka Rayasam, ABC News, 30 Oct. 2025
The family resettled in 1852 to Paris, where Berthe and two sisters began drawing lessons.
—Robert Taylor, Mercury News, 21 Oct. 2025
Work was scarce, but after three years, the UN called with an opportunity to resettle in the United States.
—Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 18 Oct. 2025
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“Resettle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/resettle. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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