resettlement

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Recent Examples of resettlement Many see Jordan as a way station to permanent resettlement in Canada, the United States, or Europe, where the economic opportunities are better. Annie Hylton, New Yorker, 14 May 2026 According to statistics cited in a recent federal appeals court ruling, more than 128,000 individuals had been conditionally approved for refugee status when the resettlement program was halted. Dan Barry, New York Times, 12 May 2026 Thiswas a good first step to identifying areas needing improvement and ensuring accountability onrefugee resettlement and immigration in Idaho. Rose Evans may 6, Idaho Statesman, 6 May 2026 We also are deeply troubled by the cancellation of the $11 million grant to Catholic Charities of Miami, which played a very important part with the resettlement of Syrian and Afghan refugees in Miami and elsewhere. Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 29 Apr. 2026 The 1,100 Afghans awaiting resettlement were vetted under that same framework. Mariam Khan, ABC News, 22 Apr. 2026 This is what refugee resettlement done right looks like. Sediqa Fahimi, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2026 The jobs listed in the EDD layoff notices include behavioral specialists, child care workers, food service managers, instructional aides, medical assistants, program directors, recreation workers, a refugee resettlement worker and therapists. Pat Maio, Oc Register, 7 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for resettlement
Noun
  • The league constitution is a contract between teams, owners and the league that details league authority over teams, including with respect to ownership, relocation, discipline and territorial rights.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 19 May 2026
  • Leaders will also meet in executive session to address the lawsuit and potential relocation plans for city staff.
    Amelia Mugavero, CBS News, 19 May 2026
Noun
  • Nighttime-light measurements can help researchers track urban growth, disaster recovery, power outages, industrial activity and migration patterns.
    Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 20 May 2026
  • Warming temperatures and shifts in sea ice in the Arctic are disrupting the food web gray whales rely on during summer feeding months, according to a 2023 study in Science, leaving many malnourished during migration.
    ABC News, ABC News, 20 May 2026
Noun
  • There’s lots of emigration because there are no jobs.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 7 May 2026
  • But there’s no such thing as legal emigration to Gilead.
    Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 6 May 2026
Noun
  • And maybe hold a parallel history of travel and displacement in some odd way?
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 19 May 2026
  • Moderated by IndieWire’s Anne Thompson, the panel explored how Luna channelled his own experiences with grief into an adaptation of Brenda Navarro’s novel about family separation and emotional displacement.
    Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 18 May 2026
Noun
  • Crenshaw said the government would not have prosecuted Abrego Garcia if not for his successful lawsuit challenging his deportation to El Salvador.
    Sergio Martínez-Beltrán, NPR, 22 May 2026
  • Yet a Washington Post analysis of ICE data obtained through a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit shows that people with no criminal record still make up the largest share of those detained for deportation.
    Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 22 May 2026
Noun
  • This proprietary approach overcomes challenges of surface treatment and dispersion associated with the material.
    Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Goldman notes that the three-month realized pairwise correlation among the major AI hyperscalers—Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, and Oracle—has fallen sharply, with rising dispersion among the dominant names.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 7 Apr. 2026

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“Resettlement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/resettlement. Accessed 23 May. 2026.

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