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resettled

verb

past tense of resettle

as in relocated

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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Recent Examples of resettled Hundreds of Bosnian refugees came to Louisville between 1992-95, and about 5,000 resettled in Bowling Green, where 10% of the population was estimated to be of Bosnian heritage by 2018. — Leo Bertucci, Louisville Courier Journal, 30 Aug. 2026 Displaced from their homes, hundreds of families resettled on the low-lying banks of the Trishuli river – only to face yet another horrific disaster on Wednesday. — Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2026 Maryam is one of three Afghan women, now resettled in Europe, the Monitor spoke with for this story. — Dominique Soguel, Christian Science Monitor, 15 Aug. 2026 The season four premiere was filmed in Kansas City, where Ted (Jason Sudeikis) has resettled after deciding to leave AFC Richmond at the end of season three. — Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 13 Aug. 2026 Refugee aid programs have resettled many Congolese families in the suburbs north of the nation’s capital, as their nation has been rived by war, unrest and now an Ebola outbreak. — Jesus Jiménez, New York Times, 30 June 2026 Captain Alphonso Davies, Canada’s best player, was born to Liberian parents in a refugee camp in Ghana before being resettled in Edmonton, becoming a citizen in 2017. — Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2026 Since its founding nearly 44 years ago, RefugeeOne has resettled more than 22,000 refugees from all the major world crises to the Chicagoland area, according to communications director Sally Schulze. — Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2026 According to the Center for Immigration Studies, more than 233,000 refugees were resettled through USRAP during the Biden Administration. — Rebecca Schneid, Time, 20 June 2026

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Wildlife experts said the bird was relocated to reduce the risk of future negative encounters.

— Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026
To run his new franchise, Kline relocated from Miami to Salt Lake City.

— Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026

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Shallwani’s father migrated from Karachi to the US in 1971, part of a wave of Pakistanis that began to arrive in the United States in increasing numbers by the 1970s.

— Maryam Jillani, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026
By the 1980s, Moncler had also migrated from the mountains to the city, as its puffers became part of the uniform of Milan’s Paninari, the post-prep youth tribe of the time.

— Luke Leitch, Vogue, 5 Oct. 2026

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