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as in pioneer
a person who settles in a new region
settlers learning to live in peace with the natives
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as in immigrant
one that leaves one place to settle in another
in 1889 Jane Addams, in an effort to provide Chicago's latest wave of settlers with much-needed services, founded the city's first settlement house
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Recent Examples of settler
Deadly settler violence and Israeli military operations have also increased in the Palestinian territory.
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Andrea Mitchell, NBC news, 25 Sep. 2025
The origins of Latinos in the present-day continental U.S. date back several centuries prior to the country's founding and include a mix of Indigenous communities, European settlers and enslaved Africans, per the National Museum of the American Latino.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 14 Sep. 2025
Adra said that one of his brothers was run over by a settler riding an ATV and had to be hospitalized.
—Max Saltman, CNN Money, 13 Sep. 2025
The earth itself has an abundance of pot-worthy clay, which attracted early settlers and has continued to sustain generations of potters.
—Jennifer Prince, Southern Living, 10 Sep. 2025
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Andrea Mitchell, NBC news, 25 Sep. 2025
The origins of Latinos in the present-day continental U.S. date back several centuries prior to the country's founding and include a mix of Indigenous communities, European settlers and enslaved Africans, per the National Museum of the American Latino.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 14 Sep. 2025
Adra said that one of his brothers was run over by a settler riding an ATV and had to be hospitalized.
—Max Saltman, CNN Money, 13 Sep. 2025
The earth itself has an abundance of pot-worthy clay, which attracted early settlers and has continued to sustain generations of potters.
—Jennifer Prince, Southern Living, 10 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for settler
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Past winners of the Nobel physics prize include some of the most influential figures in the history of science, such as Albert Einstein, Pierre and Marie Curie, Max Planck and Niels Bohr, himself a pioneer of quantum theory.—
USA Today,
USA Today,
7 Oct. 2025
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The character is Marty Mauser, loosely inspired by real-life Jewish American tennis table pioneer Marty Reisman, who died in 2012.—
Jack Smart,
PEOPLE,
7 Oct. 2025
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Interviews with Venezuelan immigrants were conducted in Spanish.—
Melissa Sanchez,
ProPublica,
10 Oct. 2025
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Six years later, he was assigned to be a pastor at a church in Bay Ridge, where the pews, once occupied by Norwegian immigrants, were filling up with Arab Christians, many of them Palestinian exiles.—
Eric Lach,
New Yorker,
9 Oct. 2025
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Pairing apple pie and cheddar cheese is an American tradition that began with English colonists and persists today in the Northeast and Midwest.—
Staff Author,
Better Homes & Gardens,
28 Sep. 2025
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Aside from parts of Mexico, where flour tortillas (and then burritos) originated after Spanish colonists brought wheat with them in the 16th century, corn has long been the grain of choice throughout Latin America.—
Bradley Hohulin,
IndyStar,
26 Sep. 2025
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From migrants and colonizers to gossip and war, Emily Wilson examines The Aeneid and its relevance to the modern world.—
tumblr.com,
tumblr.com,
11 Oct. 2025
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The uptick in confrontations comes as the administration increases its efforts to deport millions of undocumented migrants, an approach critics say has led to aggressive enforcement tactics, due process violations and the mistreatment of migrants.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Oct. 2025
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But while many Israeli emigrants have embarked on new lives in Cyprus, Canada and Thailand, according to DellaPergola’s analysis, few are prepared to speak publicly, citing a mistrust of the media and fear of anti-Israel sentiment.—
Lianne Kolirin,
CNN Money,
7 Oct. 2025
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An article in The Guardian in May 2025 reported that a record number of emigrants left New Zealand in 2023 and 2024.—
Alex Ledsom,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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The latter clause — the principle that Palestinian refugees and their descendants have a right to return to land that became Israel — is not explicitly mentioned in the boycott literature on the FWP website.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
10 Oct. 2025
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Coverage would be restored to asylum seekers, refugees, people on work visas and students.—
Anna Kleiber,
jsonline.com,
10 Oct. 2025
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“Settler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/settler. Accessed 13 Oct. 2025.
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