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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 As a child, Calvin was resettled to the Newfoundland town of Snook’s Arm from the tiny island of Little Pot Rock by the Canadian government as a cost-saving measure. — Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2026 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

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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle just relocated back to the UK, but is their move already proving to be temporary?

— Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 16 Oct. 2026
The area was recently reclassified into a high-risk zone for wildfires; the board says the collection has since been relocated for its safety to a museum-caliber facility.

— Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 16 Oct. 2026

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This unique trait has led planetary scientists to hypothesize that the asteroid formed in the frigid outer solar system and migrated inward early in the solar system's history.

— Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 12 Oct. 2026
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

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