resettle

verb

re·​set·​tle (ˌ)rē-ˈse-tᵊl How to pronounce resettle (audio)
resettled; resettling

transitive verb

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

Examples of resettle in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The family resettled just over a mile away, in a makeshift structure of cinder block, concrete and sheet metal at the end of a winding dirt road. Sufian Taha, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2024 And whereas the New York program is aimed at moving migrants outside of New York City, the Illinois program lets migrants resettle in Chicago as well as elsewhere in Illinois. James Barron, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2024 As a result, the state is resettling migrants in only five of its 62 counties: Albany, Erie, Monroe, Suffolk and Westchester. Wesley Parnell Dave Sanders, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2024 The agreement would create a new refugee category to evacuate and resettle Afghans abroad who assisted the U.S. military. Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 4 Feb. 2024 Netanyahu has repeatedly dismissed the idea of resettling Gaza — but that has not stopped several prominent right-wing ministers within his Cabinet from taking up the stage and front-row seats at the event. NBC News, 29 Jan. 2024 In Eau Claire, World Relief, a humanitarian organization, announced in the fall its plan to open an office and resettle up to 75 people, according to reporting from WEAU 13. Laura Schulte, Journal Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2024 The refugee system, which was hobbled by Trump, is on pace to resettle more people this year than at any time in the past three decades. Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 17 Feb. 2024 The nonprofit helped evacuate and resettle over 2,000 Afghan women and families in 2021, with many resettling in Southern California. Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 12 Feb. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1545, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of resettle was in 1545

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“Resettle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/resettle. Accessed 29 Mar. 2024.

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