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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
Another settler smashes his head with a rock, sending him to the ground.
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Arkansas Online, 29 Mar. 2025
Ballal, who is Palestinian, was injured in an attack by Israeli settlers on Susiya, a village in the region, and detained by the IDF, per March 24 reports.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 28 Mar. 2025
Growth of an Industry Maple sugaring rose in popularity among European settlers throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
—Nina Foster, JSTOR Daily, 28 Mar. 2025
Ballal says he was severely beaten at the hands of Jewish settlers at his home on Monday, just outside the village of Susiya.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 26 Mar. 2025
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Arkansas Online, 29 Mar. 2025
Ballal, who is Palestinian, was injured in an attack by Israeli settlers on Susiya, a village in the region, and detained by the IDF, per March 24 reports.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 28 Mar. 2025
Growth of an Industry Maple sugaring rose in popularity among European settlers throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
—Nina Foster, JSTOR Daily, 28 Mar. 2025
Ballal says he was severely beaten at the hands of Jewish settlers at his home on Monday, just outside the village of Susiya.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 26 Mar. 2025
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The early pioneer in self-driving technology, Waymo has managed to beat Elon Musk-led Tesla and a myriad of now-defunct autonomous vehicle startups to the U.S. market.—
Lora Kolodny,Jennifer Elias,
CNBC,
24 Apr. 2025
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All this is to say that the longest in the world may have actually taken place in the woods, where more skiers than ever are now skimming the backcountry meltwater all spring long—just like the Slush Cup pioneers, Cyril Paris and Cliff White.—
Anna Fiorentino,
Smithsonian Magazine,
18 Apr. 2025
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Several have lived in Midtown hotels that the city uses to house immigrants.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
22 Apr. 2025
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Governor Ron DeSantis recently endorsed child labor as a fix for worker shortages caused by mass deportations and by a new state law criminalizing undocumented immigrants.—
E. Tammy Kim,
New Yorker,
22 Apr. 2025
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Now, that all began to change in 1774 when the conflict between the colonists and Britain began to heat up.—
Ari Daniel,
Smithsonian Magazine,
17 Apr. 2025
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Correspondent Mo Rocca explores the dramatic events of that fateful day 250 years ago; and hears from reenactors about why the colonists' ideals still hold true today.—
David Morgan,
CBS News,
17 Apr. 2025
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Last week, top officials at the IRS, including its acting head, reportedly quit after the agency agreed to hand over migrants’ data to federal agents.—
Hayden Field,
CNBC,
15 Apr. 2025
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With visible emotion, Morin's mother, Patty Morin, spoke as a special guest at Wednesday’s press briefing at the White House, sharing personal testimony about the urgent need to remove criminal migrants from the country.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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In the massacre, settlers of the LDS Church involved in a territorial militia killed 120 American western emigrants.—
Taijuan Moorman,
USA TODAY,
28 Jan. 2025
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The emigrants killed were traveling by wagon to California at the time.—
Barbara A. Perry,
Newsweek,
28 Jan. 2025
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Among them are World Relief Texas, a Christian humanitarian organization focused on aiding refugees and other immigrants; Catholic Charities Fort Worth; and the Junior League of Fort Worth’s MINTS program, which stands for Mentoring, Inspiring, Nurturing, Tutoring and Supporting.—
Lina Ruiz,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
17 Apr. 2025
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The refugee overcame many hardships and started a trading business in 1952.—
Harvard Business Review,
Harvard Business Review,
15 Apr. 2025
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“Settler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/settler. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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