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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
Even as liberal-seeming Amir invites Yusuf to join the Muslim Association, an informal organization of male Arab landowners, Yusuf’s father is killed in a night-time confrontation with the settlers.
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Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2025
Native Americans, early settlers, some of our Founding Fathers and today’s small-town folk have harvested and relished pawpaws on sunny fall days.
—John Vukmirovich, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
The promise is not to sanction a handful of settlers, symbolically recognize a Palestinian state, or even to merely restrict arms sales, but to vote for an end to any US support whatsoever if there is no change.
—Jack Sheehan
september 4, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
This broad public support for pumas could spur state wildlife agencies to explore the idea of restoring pumas in states along the East Coast where the animals were driven out decades ago by settlers, ranchers, farmers and government officials.
—Noël Fletcher, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
European settlers in colonial North America began baking with the pumpkin spice blend in pumpkin desserts as early as the 17th century, according to workplace food service company Canteen and North Carolina State University food science Professor Gabriel Keith Harris.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 27 Aug. 2025
At least four settlers on the Galápagos island of Floreana vanished or died in the early nineteen-thirties, under circumstances that were contested long afterward among some of the survivors.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2025
When the plans were offered in the early 1990s, Israeli authorities and Jewish settlers emphasized the practical needs for new development as Jerusalem had become too crowded.
—Christian Orozco, NBC news, 26 Aug. 2025
Declaring herself the true owner of the island, the Baroness's outrageous presence ratcheted up the tension between the settlers, with each group vying for control through lies, manipulations, and, according to the film, murder.
—EW.com, 23 Aug. 2025
Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2025
Native Americans, early settlers, some of our Founding Fathers and today’s small-town folk have harvested and relished pawpaws on sunny fall days.
—John Vukmirovich, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
The promise is not to sanction a handful of settlers, symbolically recognize a Palestinian state, or even to merely restrict arms sales, but to vote for an end to any US support whatsoever if there is no change.
—Jack Sheehan
september 4, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
This broad public support for pumas could spur state wildlife agencies to explore the idea of restoring pumas in states along the East Coast where the animals were driven out decades ago by settlers, ranchers, farmers and government officials.
—Noël Fletcher, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
European settlers in colonial North America began baking with the pumpkin spice blend in pumpkin desserts as early as the 17th century, according to workplace food service company Canteen and North Carolina State University food science Professor Gabriel Keith Harris.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 27 Aug. 2025
At least four settlers on the Galápagos island of Floreana vanished or died in the early nineteen-thirties, under circumstances that were contested long afterward among some of the survivors.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2025
When the plans were offered in the early 1990s, Israeli authorities and Jewish settlers emphasized the practical needs for new development as Jerusalem had become too crowded.
—Christian Orozco, NBC news, 26 Aug. 2025
Declaring herself the true owner of the island, the Baroness's outrageous presence ratcheted up the tension between the settlers, with each group vying for control through lies, manipulations, and, according to the film, murder.
—EW.com, 23 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for settlers
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Their pacifism later brings them in direct conflict with the colonists gearing up to fight the British.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
4 Sep. 2025
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The over-the-top propaganda that leads the game off suggests the Earth Directorate is here to protect colonists from out-of-control corporations and tyrannical governments.—
Kyle Orland,
ArsTechnica,
27 Aug. 2025
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In California, for example, federal reimbursement for immigrants without legal status will go to 50% for emergency services, down from 90% for the Medicaid expansion population, according to Cava.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 Sep. 2025
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Trump administration targets immigrants Immigrants lacking permanent legal status are not eligible to enroll in comprehensive Medicaid coverage.—
Angela Hart,
Fortune,
5 Sep. 2025
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So, building here is an homage to Aspen’s past, a way of honoring the pioneers who helped transform a quiet mountain town into an international destination.—
Jordi Lippe-McGraw,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Patient pioneers The first patient to receive a pig kidney at Mass General was 62-year-old Rick Slayman in March 2024.—
Nadia Kounang,
CNN Money,
8 Sep. 2025
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Abrego was brought back in June to face criminal charges of transporting migrants living in the United States illegally.—
Ted Hesson,
USA Today,
7 Sep. 2025
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Two South Florida men are behind bars on human smuggling charges after a group of migrants arrived in the Florida Keys earlier this week.—
Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
6 Sep. 2025
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Taking the form of an address to Jarman, Prospect imagines the emigrants who set sail at the end of Jarman’s film The Last of England returning to Britain.—
Joanne Shurvell,
Forbes.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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And the Orizzonti jury prize was handed to Japanese director Akio Fujimoto for his drama Lost Land, the story of two Rohingya child refugees on a perilous journey to reach Malaysia.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Sep. 2025
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Last month, the Borgo Laudato Si’ hosted a luncheon for roughly a hundred refugees, people who were homeless and others in need, as well as church volunteers who assist them.—
Angie Leventis Lourgos,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Settlers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/settlers. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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