resettling

present participle of resettle

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of resettling The family was among the victims of a scam targeting Haitians before resettling in Springfield. — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 4 Oct. 2026 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for resettling
Verb
  • The newspaper operated out of a complex of commercial buildings at the corner of East 18th Street and Woodland Avenue, right in the heart of the historic 18th & Vine District, before relocating in 2021.
    — Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 20 Oct. 2026
  • The canal authority has said that relocating the remains will be coordinated in advance with family members, with respect for religious beliefs, cultural sensitivities and emotional ties.
    — Hira Humayun, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • From offense to defense The clearest sign that the GOP's cash advantage has stalled, however, is where the money is migrating.
    — Luke Fountain, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026
  • However, standardizing an algorithm is very different from migrating an enterprise.
    — Scott Alldridge, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026

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“Resettling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/resettling. Accessed 22 Oct. 2026.

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