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as in colonists
a person who settles in a new region
settlers learning to live in peace with the natives
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as in immigrants
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 settlers
But the real story is the people, the pioneers who had an idea, and the settlers who turned it into a legacy.
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Malana Vantyler, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
Ringneck pheasants were established 20 years later, and most of the new settlers became pheasant hunters rather than grouse hunters.
—Worth Matthewson, Outdoor Life, 2 Oct. 2025
The art will encompass the stories of Black people who journeyed north to escape slavery and the early Westfield settlers who ran safehouses that harbored them during their travels.
—Domenica Bongiovanni, IndyStar, 2 Oct. 2025
The first of the most consequential decades for Zionism took place in Europe before the first settlers arrived in Palestine.
—Book Marks
october 2, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2025
And rumors of continuing violence led residents in towns and villages to avoid Native Americans and new settlers in surrounding frontier areas.
—Ron Barrett, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2025
Hundreds of would-be settlers set sail for the fictional land.
—Scott Neuman, NPR, 1 Oct. 2025
Anyone who has been to the West Bank and seen how Israeli security forces and settlers operate and often abuse the Palestinian population will quickly understand why Palestinians are so opposed (and often violently so) to Israel’s presence there.
—Ben Wedeman, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2025
As the diplomats in New York recognized, contrary to the claims of Smotrich—and some left-wing critics who have unwittingly accepted his framing—the presence of settlers is not an existential threat to the possibility of territorial compromise.
—Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 30 Sep. 2025
Malana Vantyler, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
Ringneck pheasants were established 20 years later, and most of the new settlers became pheasant hunters rather than grouse hunters.
—Worth Matthewson, Outdoor Life, 2 Oct. 2025
The art will encompass the stories of Black people who journeyed north to escape slavery and the early Westfield settlers who ran safehouses that harbored them during their travels.
—Domenica Bongiovanni, IndyStar, 2 Oct. 2025
The first of the most consequential decades for Zionism took place in Europe before the first settlers arrived in Palestine.
—Book Marks
october 2, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2025
And rumors of continuing violence led residents in towns and villages to avoid Native Americans and new settlers in surrounding frontier areas.
—Ron Barrett, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2025
Hundreds of would-be settlers set sail for the fictional land.
—Scott Neuman, NPR, 1 Oct. 2025
Anyone who has been to the West Bank and seen how Israeli security forces and settlers operate and often abuse the Palestinian population will quickly understand why Palestinians are so opposed (and often violently so) to Israel’s presence there.
—Ben Wedeman, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2025
As the diplomats in New York recognized, contrary to the claims of Smotrich—and some left-wing critics who have unwittingly accepted his framing—the presence of settlers is not an existential threat to the possibility of territorial compromise.
—Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 30 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for settlers
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Around the end of the eighteenth century, about 80 percent of New England was forested—down from over 90 percent when European colonists first arrived.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
7 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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That includes other immigrants who continue to buy homes to move into or to invest in, even some without legal immigration status.—
Juan Cordoba,
Arkansas Online,
5 Oct. 2025
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The Republican bill did crack down on that practice but California − which has put new restrictions and payments on its Medi-Cal plan for undocumented immigrants − maintains that effort is paid for out of state funds, not federal money (because it's prohibited).—
Todd Spangler,
Freep.com,
4 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Band founders Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson will embark on the 12-date Fifty Something tour in June to celebrate the music of the prog rock pioneers, their legacy and the life of Peart.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
6 Oct. 2025
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His deep exploration of the archive paid true respect to Cristóbal Balenciaga, one of fashion’s greatest pioneers, while his reimagining of signatures — from sculptural silhouettes to something as elemental as the T-shirt — revealed a couture-level sensibility.—
Alex Wynne,
Footwear News,
5 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Homeland Security said that migrants were being offered a $1,000 stipend each to leave.—
Michael Dorgan,
FOXNews.com,
4 Oct. 2025
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The Biden administration created the program in 2023 to allow FEMA to award grants to state, local, or nonprofit organizations that provide support services to migrants released from ICE custody.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
3 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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Most contentiously, these rollbacks to Medicaid cuts would reverse restrictions that made immigrants who are generally present in the country legally, such as refugees and asylum-seekers, ineligible for Medicaid and ACA coverage.—
Simon F. Haeder,
The Conversation,
3 Oct. 2025
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In 1945, three men — two Jewish refugees living in Brooklyn and one Nazi deserter — enlisted in the Office of Strategic Services, a precursor to the Central Intelligence Agency in the United States.—
Lauren Liebhaber,
Miami Herald,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Settlers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/settlers. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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