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Recent Examples of resettlement
Time and again, Minnesota has stepped forward when the country needed a North Star, a leader in interstate collaboration, in health care, in labor rights, in education, in refugee resettlement, and in the long, unfinished work of racial justice.
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Marilyn Carlson Nelson, New York Daily News, 5 Feb. 2026
Nor is such resettlement likely to be economically feasible or sustainable for the descendants of the Chagossians to have a viable independent existence there.
—Sandeep Gopalan, Baltimore Sun, 3 Feb. 2026
In some cases, they have been released without paperwork, essentially stranded in Texas, with some managing to contact workers at resettlement agencies that previously assisted them, Wyatt said.
—Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 30 Jan. 2026
Writer and historian Erik Matsunago will talk about the history of post-World War II resettlement via first-person accounts of people who were part of the JASC oral history project.
—Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 13 Jan. 2026
The resettlement to a different country took years to materialise due to the high refugee influx at the time to Europe, mainly from Syria.
—Simon Hughes, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2026
The adult day care center is supposedly housed within a run-down strip mall, occupying four commercial suites next to African Immigrants Community Services, a refugee resettlement program helping East Africans obtain public benefits.
—Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 1 Jan. 2026
The British colonial government began setting up resettlement communities.
—Gigi Leung, Time, 20 Dec. 2025
Launched in 1993 as a refugee resettlement program, Opening Doors now offers a variety of resources, including pro bono immigration legal services, mental health counseling services, housing assistance and microenterprise business loans.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 17 Dec. 2025
Marilyn Carlson Nelson, New York Daily News, 5 Feb. 2026
Nor is such resettlement likely to be economically feasible or sustainable for the descendants of the Chagossians to have a viable independent existence there.
—Sandeep Gopalan, Baltimore Sun, 3 Feb. 2026
In some cases, they have been released without paperwork, essentially stranded in Texas, with some managing to contact workers at resettlement agencies that previously assisted them, Wyatt said.
—Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 30 Jan. 2026
Writer and historian Erik Matsunago will talk about the history of post-World War II resettlement via first-person accounts of people who were part of the JASC oral history project.
—Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 13 Jan. 2026
The resettlement to a different country took years to materialise due to the high refugee influx at the time to Europe, mainly from Syria.
—Simon Hughes, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2026
The adult day care center is supposedly housed within a run-down strip mall, occupying four commercial suites next to African Immigrants Community Services, a refugee resettlement program helping East Africans obtain public benefits.
—Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 1 Jan. 2026
The British colonial government began setting up resettlement communities.
—Gigi Leung, Time, 20 Dec. 2025
Launched in 1993 as a refugee resettlement program, Opening Doors now offers a variety of resources, including pro bono immigration legal services, mental health counseling services, housing assistance and microenterprise business loans.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 17 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for resettlement
Noun
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Then there's the relocation element.—
Michael Cappetta,
Travel + Leisure,
31 Jan. 2026
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This was tried on Angel Island in the San Francisco Bay area in the 1980s, where 85% of the deer died within the first year after relocation, the plan stated.—
Steve Scauzillo,
Daily News,
31 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Since meetings about Elephant Valley began around 2019, the staff worked to touch on themes related to migration and conservation.—
Todd Martens,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Feb. 2026
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Greece, along with several other European Union countries, has been tightening its regulations on migration.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
4 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Reliable, comprehensive emigration statistics broken down by race under apartheid are hard to come by, but in 1961 alone, UNESCO calculated that no fewer than 25 faculty members resigned from the University of Cape Town to move overseas.—
Eve Fairbanks,
The Dial,
27 Jan. 2026
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After a century of heavy emigration—mostly to America—postwar Sweden began to change from a port of departure to one of call.—
Colton Valentine,
New Yorker,
24 Jan. 2026
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The return represents a milestone not just for education operations but for a community that has navigated displacement, disruption and recovery together.—
Daily News,
Daily News,
27 Jan. 2026
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The Buddhist temple was directly in the path of the project, threatening its displacement.—
Jessica Alvarado Gamez,
Denver Post,
27 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Denmark plans tougher deportation laws COPENHAGEN, Denmark -- Denmark unveiled a legal reform on Friday allowing foreigners who have been sentenced to at least one year of unconditional imprisonment for serious crimes to be deported.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
31 Jan. 2026
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Trump’s border advisor, Tom Homan, announced Thursday that federal authorities would wind down immigration crackdowns in Minnesota, but only if agents were given access to jails to seize undocumented immigrants for deportation.—
Hannah Fry,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Jan. 2026
Noun
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In today’s environment, dispersion between winners and losers is widening, creating a fertile landscape for alpha generation.—
Carrie McCabe,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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Showing little propulsive momentum at the index level and under the sway of wide dispersion among stocks and sectors, this churning phase has left investor positioning and attitudes shy of dangerous extremes.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
5 Jan. 2026
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“Resettlement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/resettlement. Accessed 6 Feb. 2026.
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