RESETTLEMENT Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

resettlement

noun

as in relocation

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Recent Examples of resettlement Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Tuesday called for an all-out rescue and relief effort, and the resettlement of those affected. — Sylvie Zhuang, CNN Money, 7 July 2026 Dajani has also worked on boards for a refugee resettlement organization and the Association of Arab American studies and served on scholarship committees at the Mosque of Orland Park. — Janice Neumann, Chicago Tribune, 26 June 2026 Now disarmed, the dissidents will enter a temporary resettlement zone where the government intends to facilitate their gradual reintegration into civilian life. — ABC News, 18 June 2026 Local authorities are providing relief, medical care and resettlement assistance to affected residents, the news report said. — Grant Peck, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2026 Lê Shackelford said Columbus Park has historical ties to Vietnamese refugee resettlement after the war and already includes Asian businesses such as Vietnam Café, Pho Lan, Tian Tea House and Café Cà Phê. — Kansas City Star, 29 May 2026 In 2015, Dong and his family fled to Thailand, where the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees recognized them as refugees and they were approved for resettlement in Canada. — Stella Kim, NBC news, 27 May 2026 More than a hundred thousand people had been conditionally approved for resettlement, and many had been waiting for years. — Annie Hylton, New Yorker, 14 May 2026 Nurul Amin then began the rigorous, yearslong process of resettlement. — Dan Barry, New York Times, 12 May 2026

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Noun

With the relocation, the company pledged to create 750 jobs in Mecklenburg County and invest about $248 million by 2023.

— Chase Jordan July 23, Charlotte Observer, 23 July 2026
Any expansion or relocation effort would require an ownership group with the financial resources to purchase or establish a franchise, and no such bid has emerged publicly.

— Latif Love, Kansas City Star, 23 July 2026

Definition of relocation

Noun

Falling supply alongside record volume is what that migration looks like from the outside.

— Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
Extreme weather events triggered by a particularly powerful El Niño weather pattern could cost African economies $10 billion to $20 billion and spark mass migration, the African Development Bank’s top climate expert said.

— Jenny Vaughan, semafor.com, 27 July 2026

Definition of migration

Noun

Gaynor, who grew up in Illinois, also credits the books for teaching her about the 19th and early 20th century Swedish emigration in her region.

— Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 3 July 2026
It was forged during years of shortages, blackouts, mass emigration, and institutional decline.

— Tibisay Zea, Christian Science Monitor, 30 June 2026

Definition of emigration

Noun

Related programming has helped more than 1,700 families through the Make It Home program, converting renters facing displacement into homeowners.

— Tonya M. Evans, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026
His films explore displacement, time and the mysterious undercurrents of reality.

— Leo Barraclough, Variety, 23 July 2026

Definition of displacement

Noun

Since the Supreme Court overturned her order in June, however, Haitian immigrants with TPS are now vulnerable for deportation — even while their constitutional case continues in her federal court in Washington.

— Jay Weaver July 22, Miami Herald, 22 July 2026
The total number of deportations so far this fiscal year is 356,389, according to the numbers posted by ICE.

— Luke Barr, ABC News, 21 July 2026

Definition of deportation

Noun

Yet for some thinkers today the involuntary dispersion of the Jews (galut or golah) is articulated as being inherently different from the voluntary exile of the Jews (diaspora or tfutsot).

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 July 2026
Investors who access emerging markets through a broad index miss the dispersion that active country allocation can capture.

— Jason Kirsch, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026

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