RESETTLEMENT Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

resettlement

noun

as in relocation

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Recent Examples of resettlement People have sold personal belongings, like their cars, to afford services that turn out to be bogus, said Christopher Ross, who oversees migration and refugee resettlement services at Catholic Charities USA. — Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2026 And various other humanitarian programs like refugee resettlement and visas have been limited or paused. — Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 30 July 2026 Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Tuesday called for an all-out rescue and relief effort, and the resettlement of those affected. — Sylvie Zhuang, CNN Money, 7 July 2026 Dajani has also worked on boards for a refugee resettlement organization and the Association of Arab American studies and served on scholarship committees at the Mosque of Orland Park. — Janice Neumann, Chicago Tribune, 26 June 2026 Now disarmed, the dissidents will enter a temporary resettlement zone where the government intends to facilitate their gradual reintegration into civilian life. — ABC News, 18 June 2026 Lê Shackelford said Columbus Park has historical ties to Vietnamese refugee resettlement after the war and already includes Asian businesses such as Vietnam Café, Pho Lan, Tian Tea House and Café Cà Phê. — Kansas City Star, 29 May 2026 In 2015, Dong and his family fled to Thailand, where the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees recognized them as refugees and they were approved for resettlement in Canada. — Stella Kim, NBC news, 27 May 2026 More than a hundred thousand people had been conditionally approved for resettlement, and many had been waiting for years. — Annie Hylton, New Yorker, 14 May 2026

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Noun

The current property owner has publicly stated that relocation assistance would be made available to eligible tenants if the plan is approved.

— Emily McLeod, CBS News, 7 Aug. 2026
If the administration won’t act, Congress can protect those in the United States with the bipartisan Afghanistan TPS Act and restart the relocation through the Enduring Welcome Act.

— Shawn VanDiver, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of relocation

Noun

Newer, stricter regulations for asylum seekers and migrants largely replaced the previous migration system, which was widely considered a failure.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026
According to the Venezuelan repatriation program, Monday’s flight was the 165th since early 2025, when Caracas and Washington resumed deportation flights as part of a migration agreement.

— Rocio Munoz, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of migration

Noun

Gaynor, who grew up in Illinois, also credits the books for teaching her about the 19th and early 20th century Swedish emigration in her region.

— Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 3 July 2026
It was forged during years of shortages, blackouts, mass emigration, and institutional decline.

— Tibisay Zea, Christian Science Monitor, 30 June 2026

Definition of emigration

Noun

Efficiency expands access while increasing the number of settings in which consequential mistakes, surveillance and labor displacement can occur.

— Gerui Wang, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Her campaign has emphasized protecting working-class residents from displacement while resisting what progressives describe as an increasingly corporate approach to city government.

— Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of displacement

Noun

According to the Venezuelan repatriation program, Monday’s flight was the 165th since early 2025, when Caracas and Washington resumed deportation flights as part of a migration agreement.

— Rocio Munoz, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026
Mullin asked governors to work with him in the department's deportation efforts -- while taking a swipe at Kristi Noem, his predecessor, whose tenure was marked by videos of ICE roundups and her ride-alongs with law enforcement.

— Luke Barr, ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of deportation

Noun

Yet for some thinkers today the involuntary dispersion of the Jews (galut or golah) is articulated as being inherently different from the voluntary exile of the Jews (diaspora or tfutsot).

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 July 2026
Investors who access emerging markets through a broad index miss the dispersion that active country allocation can capture.

— Jason Kirsch, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026

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