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
  • Springfield first found success in Australia as a member of the band Zoot before pursuing a solo career and eventually relocating to the United States.
    Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 2 Sep. 2026
  • The development comes a week after the city started the process of relocating residents to allow for the new owner to make needed repairs.
    Dylan Lysen, Kansas City Star, 30 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Lights Out Wisconsin estimates more than 24,000 birds will be migrating through the Milwaukee area, while roughly 19 million will be making their way across Wisconsin.
    Blaise Mesa, jsonline.com, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Alternative fuel sources saving some money for districts The Council Rock School District in lower Bucks County started migrating to propane back in the 2022-23 school year.
    Chilekasi Adele, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026

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“Resettling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/resettling. Accessed 10 Sep. 2026.

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