resettle

present singular third person resettles · participle present resettling · participle past resettled · past resettled · alternative re-settle

1. intransitiveTo settle in a different place.
2. transitiveTo force someone to settle in a different place.

   And so far just two member states, Malta and Finland, are on track to meet their resettling obligations.

   2017 March 2, Eliza Mackintosh, “No more excuses on resettling refugees, European Commission warns”, in CNN

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   And for entrepreneurial immigrants, the mayor's office partners with local organizations to offer business loans of between $5,000 and $50,000, said Ruben Chandrasekar, executive director for the International Rescue Committee, a nonprofit that resettles about 1,100 refugees and asylum seekers in Baltimore each year.

   2015 December 21, Octavio Blanco, “Immigrants: These cities want you!”, in CNN, archived from the original on 26 Mar 2025

   Together with our partner in Pittsburgh, Jewish Family and Community Services, and others across the country, we’ve directly resettled more than 450,000 refugees in the US since 1980 when the USRAP was established, according to HIAS annual reports.

   2018 November 5, Mark Hetfield, “HIAS chief: If you’re not combating hate speech, you’re accepting it”, in CNN

   After the biggest military evacuation in history, the Biden administration will now resettle more than 60,000 Afghan refugees inside the US over the next several weeks.

   2021 September 13, Priscilla Alvarez and Oren Liebermann, “Inside the effort to resettle thousands of Afghans in the United States”, in CNN