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Recent Examples of resettlement
This year, Miami Beach and the Miami Beach Redevelopment Agency are spending $390,000 on public relations campaigns aimed at stimulating real estate development and resettlement.
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Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2026
Refugee resettlement organizations estimate this new policy could impact tens of thousands of refugees, mostly those who entered during the Biden administration.
—Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 19 Feb. 2026
Some of the activity was a consequence of the President signing a series of executive orders on the first day of his term to halt the refugee-resettlement program and suspend asylum at the southern border.
—Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 17 Feb. 2026
More recently, political unrest and civil war in Yemen have prompted additional resettlement in places like New York, California, Texas, Illinois and Virginia.
—Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 14 Feb. 2026
Since 2017, nearly 8,000 people have moved to Idaho under federal refugee resettlement programs.
—Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 13 Feb. 2026
The amount of funding that’s been cut for refugee resettlement is just appalling.
—Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 8 Feb. 2026
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.
—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
Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2026
Refugee resettlement organizations estimate this new policy could impact tens of thousands of refugees, mostly those who entered during the Biden administration.
—Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 19 Feb. 2026
Some of the activity was a consequence of the President signing a series of executive orders on the first day of his term to halt the refugee-resettlement program and suspend asylum at the southern border.
—Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 17 Feb. 2026
More recently, political unrest and civil war in Yemen have prompted additional resettlement in places like New York, California, Texas, Illinois and Virginia.
—Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 14 Feb. 2026
Since 2017, nearly 8,000 people have moved to Idaho under federal refugee resettlement programs.
—Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 13 Feb. 2026
The amount of funding that’s been cut for refugee resettlement is just appalling.
—Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 8 Feb. 2026
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.
—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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for resettlement
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Unannounced tours The Dallas Morning News reported last week that internal emails show city officials and outside advisers discussing relocation scenarios and taking a few council members on tours of potential sites that had not been publicly announced.—
Devyani Chhetri,
Dallas Morning News,
17 Mar. 2026
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Henoko is a popular destination for activists opposing the relocation, but the students were not protesting, officials said.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 Mar. 2026
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This migration pattern helps explain why the fossil record in formations like the Chiting deposit is so rich with large species that seem out of place in Taiwan’s current landscape.—
Hanna Wickes,
Miami Herald,
17 Mar. 2026
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Sarandos said regulators have yet to fully grasp the migration of YouTube consumption from mobile devices to television sets.—
Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
17 Mar. 2026
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The most significant factor is the massive emigration of younger generations.—
Tyler Carmona,
Miami Herald,
11 Mar. 2026
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Fullerton resident Roya Saberzadeh tells a frustrating tale of her emigration to the United States from her native Tehran in 1989.—
Judy Bart Kancigor,
Oc Register,
26 Feb. 2026
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The five-deck vessel features a sharp vertical bow, a steel displacement hull, and a lightweight aluminum superstructure.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
16 Mar. 2026
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The Orient Express Corinthian, set to become the world’s largest sailing cruise ship, measures 721 feet in length and has a 25,200-gross-ton displacement.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Mar. 2026
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Mass deportations were essential to the Republicans’ 2024 messaging, with immigration being one of the most influential issues that caused the Senate and White House to flip to the GOP last cycle.—
Lauren Green,
The Washington Examiner,
14 Mar. 2026
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Federal officials later filed a notice of appeal of the ruling, and the administration continued pursuing possible deportation based on allegations that Khalil misrepresented information on his green card application.—
Faith Bugenhagen,
Austin American Statesman,
13 Mar. 2026
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The barriers cause air dispersion, which moves the pollution further into the atmosphere and away from residents on the ground.—
Desiree Mathurin,
Charlotte Observer,
11 Mar. 2026
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For example, scientists working in SETI, the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, already factor in the consequences of electron dispersion in the interstellar medium between stars.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
8 Mar. 2026
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“Resettlement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/resettlement. Accessed 19 Mar. 2026.
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