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
  • Still others tend the fleet already in orbit, refueling, relocating, and extending the life of satellites, and clearing the debris that crowded orbits leave behind.
    Charlotte Kiang, Forbes.com, 9 July 2026
  • In other environment news Federal officials are rounding up and relocating 450 wild horses in the Inyo National Forest, near Mono Lake.
    Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
Verb
  • Moreover, integrated services like iCloud and proprietary accessories create substantial switching costs, deterring users from migrating to Android.
    Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
  • Bozovic sees it as part of a larger trend of wealthy people migrating to South Florida — bringing their money and business with them.
    Catherine Odom, Miami Herald, 2 July 2026

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“Resettling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/resettling. Accessed 16 Jul. 2026.

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