How to Use resettle in a Sentence

resettle

verb
  • This won't be the first time Wausau was chosen to resettle refugees.
    — Laura Schulte, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 29 Sep. 2021
  • But most of those leaving have resettled elsewhere in the state.
    — Mira Rojanasakul, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2024
  • The Thomases have resettled in the Phoenix area and helped Alek buy a home.
    — José M. Romero, The Arizona Republic, 10 Mar. 2023
  • The others resettled in third countries or went back to Lebanon.
    — Melanie Lidman, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2023
  • That has contributed to the challenge of resettling more refugees.
    — Stuart Anderson, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Barnes said his father resettled in Virginia and died less than a year later.
    — Giacomo Bologna, Baltimore Sun, 3 Aug. 2023
  • This way the costs of resettling new arrivals are spread out and there is a smaller risk of a refugee being stranded.
    — Kimiko De Freytas-Tamura, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2023
  • But its efforts to resettle migrants in Albany have been rocky, at best.
    — Jay Root, New York Times, 30 July 2023
  • At the same time, fewer agencies are resettling refugees in metro Detroit.
    — Leah Olajide, Detroit Free Press, 14 Sep. 2024
  • There have been a lot of refugees resettled in various parts of Kentucky in recent years.
    — Lucas Aulbach, Louisville Courier Journal, 20 Jan. 2026
  • Rahimi had chosen to resettle in the city because of his Marine friend.
    — Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2022
  • Helping Ukrainian refugees resettle will be good for the future of Ukraine.
    — Dany Bahar, Foreign Affairs, 3 May 2022
  • The Bridge Builders Network, which helps refugees resettle and heal from trauma.
    — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 July 2021
  • And cities and states new to the program have been hobbled by their inexperience in resettling refugees.
    — Emily Frazier, The Conversation, 30 Aug. 2023
  • His wife, Deb, is a pillar of the community who spends her free time helping resettle refugees.
    — Peter White, Deadline, 30 Aug. 2025
  • Fewer than 1% of refugees have the chance to resettle annually.
    — Carissa Zaffiro, Chicago Tribune, 14 Jan. 2025
  • Ricks fled as a child from the civil war in Liberia with her family and resettled in Aurora.
    — Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 17 June 2025
  • The family resettled just over a mile away, in a makeshift structure of cinder block, concrete and sheet metal at the end of a winding dirt road.
    — Sufian Taha, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2024
  • And almost a year after resettling here, DeGeneres herself is still the source of gossip.
    — Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2025
  • With nowhere to live, many former residents resettled in Long Beach and the South Bay.
    — Claire Wang, NBC news, 31 May 2025
  • He is minimized, resettled, and managed.
    — Rob Shuter, HollywoodReporter, 14 Nov. 2025
  • One of his brothers had already left Eritrea, resettling in the Middle East.
    — Nick Miller, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2026
  • One of his brothers had already left Eritrea, resettling in the Middle East.
    — Simon Hughes, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2026
  • After resettling in New York, Nyah Mway had big plans, his family said.
    — Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 3 July 2024
  • This means that some refugees remain loyal to him, even after resettling following tremendous hardship in their journeys.
    — Nick Miller, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2026
  • This means that some refugees remain loyal to him, even after resettling following tremendous hardship in their journeys.
    — Simon Hughes, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2026
  • In addition, the group helped resettle 684 Afghan refugees who came as families.
    — Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press, 8 Apr. 2022
  • Those whose asylum bids are approved will be brought to Italy and allowed to resettle there or in other EU countries.
    — Nick Squires, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Dec. 2023
  • The State Department has a goal to resettle at least 5,000 refugees through the program.
    — Rebecca Morin, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2023
  • The number of refugees resettled, which fell sharply from 188,000 in 2024.
    — ABC News, 11 June 2026

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