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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His wife, Deb, is a pillar of the community who spends her free time helping resettle refugees.
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Peter White, Deadline, 30 Aug. 2025
Catholic Charities, which has been helping to resettle refugees since 1962, has also been impacted by the funding freeze.
—Kelly Puente, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025
Once resettled on its new site, the church will be carefully restored and rotated so its entrance faces the community, which is a traditional orientation for folk churches in Arctic Sweden.
—David Nikel, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
During the rule of dictator Rafael Trujillo, from 1930 to 1961, many of the poorest residents of Santo Domingo resettled along the then-wild, sparsely populated north shore of the Samaná Peninsula.
—The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Aug. 2025
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Peter White, Deadline, 30 Aug. 2025
Catholic Charities, which has been helping to resettle refugees since 1962, has also been impacted by the funding freeze.
—Kelly Puente, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025
Once resettled on its new site, the church will be carefully restored and rotated so its entrance faces the community, which is a traditional orientation for folk churches in Arctic Sweden.
—David Nikel, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
During the rule of dictator Rafael Trujillo, from 1930 to 1961, many of the poorest residents of Santo Domingo resettled along the then-wild, sparsely populated north shore of the Samaná Peninsula.
—The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Aug. 2025
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 9 Sep. 2025.
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