as in to relocate
to move from one place to another
The couple grew tired of the harsh winters and ultimately decided to resettle down South in their retirement.
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Mustafa Al-Hallaj (b. 1938, Salama), for example, resettled in Damascus and later Beirut before returning to the Syrian capital during the 1982 Lebanon War.
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Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 19 Dec. 2024
But under the guise of conservation and modernization, the Tanzanian government is resettling the tribe, destroying their compounds and seizing their cattle—in other words, erasing their traditional way of life.
—Longreads, 18 Dec. 2024
Last year, the U.S. State Department resettled more than 100,000 refugees, the highest number since 1994.
—Rafael Carranza, The Arizona Republic, 7 Nov. 2024
But unusually, danceable beats and hypnotic synths invade the archival footage of the final days of Saigon, when the U.S. government swooped in to resettle more than 120,000 refugees airlifted to military bases in 1975, rescuing them after bloodshed that left lives still ravaged today.
—Anh Do, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2024
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Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 19 Dec. 2024
But under the guise of conservation and modernization, the Tanzanian government is resettling the tribe, destroying their compounds and seizing their cattle—in other words, erasing their traditional way of life.
—Longreads, 18 Dec. 2024
Last year, the U.S. State Department resettled more than 100,000 refugees, the highest number since 1994.
—Rafael Carranza, The Arizona Republic, 7 Nov. 2024
But unusually, danceable beats and hypnotic synths invade the archival footage of the final days of Saigon, when the U.S. government swooped in to resettle more than 120,000 refugees airlifted to military bases in 1975, rescuing them after bloodshed that left lives still ravaged today.
—Anh Do, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2024
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“Resettle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/resettle. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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