resettling

present participle of resettle

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of resettling The family moved to Kyiv before school started in the fall, resettling in a block of apartments that had been hastily reserved for families like theirs, edging out others who had been languishing on the housing list. Lizzie Johnson, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2026 Catholic churches in Angola have played a central role in welcoming and resettling those crossing the 1,560-mile (2,511-kilometer) border between the two nations. Mathew Schmalz, The Conversation, 9 Apr. 2026 After resettling in Los Angeles, Motown producer Hal Davis started recruiting him for sessions. Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 3 Apr. 2026 This means that some refugees remain loyal to him, even after resettling following tremendous hardship in their journeys. Nick Miller, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2026 Many tribal members were displaced and forced westward, eventually resettling in Wisconsin. Frank Vaisvilas, jsonline.com, 11 Mar. 2026 So said George Santayana, the Spanish-American philosopher who was a star Harvard professor before resettling in Europe and becoming an influential public intellectual. Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 17 Feb. 2026 Johnson is an author and former USAID (United States Agency for International Development) coordinator who assisted in the reconstruction of Fallujah in Iraq, and the founder of the List Project, a charity resettling Iraqis who assisted the allies in the war. Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 3 Feb. 2026 That’s a position rooted in Egypt’s vehement opposition to Palestinian refugees permanently resettling in the country. Wafaa Shurafa, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for resettling
Verb
  • Matt Butler, the founder of the educational advisory firm Butler Method International, worked with an English family that was relocating to New York and toured Harrow New York approximately 18 months ago.
    Ashley Baker, Vanity Fair, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Shawn and Kiana Morrison founded the restaurant after relocating to Charlotte from New York, CharlotteFive previously reported.
    Tanasia Kenney, Charlotte Observer, 21 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Native American groups have argued that the construction could inhibit their ability to practice their faith and is damaging important religious sites while environmentalists worry the wall will cause flooding or keep animals from migrating.
    ABC News, ABC News, 14 Sep. 2026
  • In California, for example, rice farmers are paid to flood their fields during key weeks of the year, for the use of migrating birds.
    Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026

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“Resettling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/resettling. Accessed 24 Sep. 2026.

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