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as in pioneer
a person who settles in a new region
settlers learning to live in peace with the natives
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as in immigrant
one that leaves one place to settle in another
in 1889 Jane Addams, in an effort to provide Chicago's latest wave of settlers with much-needed services, founded the city's first settlement house
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Recent Examples of settler
The charming 10-year-old inn is modeled after a stately home that the town’s first settler, William Mills, built in 1842.
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Sara Bliss, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Apr. 2025
In that same vein, conflict between Zionist settlers and Palestinians has existed from the outset.
—Tamir Sorek, The Conversation, 2 Apr. 2025
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One segment portrays a church set ablaze, with Sámi protesters holding wooden spears at a group of Norwegian settlers in retreat.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 1 Apr. 2025
Ballal was beaten by Israeli settlers and detained by the Israeli military a few weeks after his film won an Oscar for best documentary feature.
—Shanzeh Ahmad, Chicago Tribune, 12 Apr. 2025
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Sara Bliss, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Apr. 2025
In that same vein, conflict between Zionist settlers and Palestinians has existed from the outset.
—Tamir Sorek, The Conversation, 2 Apr. 2025
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MoMA Made a Solid Choice for Its Next Director, But Not an Inspiring One
One segment portrays a church set ablaze, with Sámi protesters holding wooden spears at a group of Norwegian settlers in retreat.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 1 Apr. 2025
Ballal was beaten by Israeli settlers and detained by the Israeli military a few weeks after his film won an Oscar for best documentary feature.
—Shanzeh Ahmad, Chicago Tribune, 12 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for settler
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The early pioneer in self-driving technology, Waymo has managed to beat Elon Musk-led Tesla and a myriad of now-defunct autonomous vehicle startups to the U.S. market.—
Lora Kolodny,Jennifer Elias,
CNBC,
24 Apr. 2025
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All this is to say that the longest in the world may have actually taken place in the woods, where more skiers than ever are now skimming the backcountry meltwater all spring long—just like the Slush Cup pioneers, Cyril Paris and Cliff White.—
Anna Fiorentino,
Smithsonian Magazine,
18 Apr. 2025
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Governor Ron DeSantis recently endorsed child labor as a fix for worker shortages caused by mass deportations and by a new state law criminalizing undocumented immigrants.—
E. Tammy Kim,
New Yorker,
22 Apr. 2025
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Children of immigrants attend local schools, and their parents work in every sector of the economy, including restaurants, transportation, construction, farming and ranching, hotels, resorts and hospitals.—
Benjamin Waddell,
Denver Post,
22 Apr. 2025
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Now, that all began to change in 1774 when the conflict between the colonists and Britain began to heat up.—
Ari Daniel,
Smithsonian Magazine,
17 Apr. 2025
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Correspondent Mo Rocca explores the dramatic events of that fateful day 250 years ago; and hears from reenactors about why the colonists' ideals still hold true today.—
David Morgan,
CBS News,
17 Apr. 2025
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For instance, 17 people were charged in 2024 for taking part in protests or demonstrations in support of irregular migrants, without apparently having any direct contact with them.—
Frey Lindsay,
Forbes.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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Despite border crossings being down, Trump invoked the 1798 wartime Alien Enemies Act to deport hundreds of Venezuelan migrants his administration alleged to be gang members, affording them little to no due process.—
Alexandra Hutzler,
ABC News,
29 Apr. 2025
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Read: Hong Kong is self-destructing Since 2019, more than 5,000 emigrants have moved to the South London borough of Sutton, where a local group organized a camp in 2023 to educate children of the Hong Kong diaspora about Chinese repression.—
Cora Engelbrecht,
The Atlantic,
25 Mar. 2025
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In the massacre, settlers of the LDS Church involved in a territorial militia killed 120 American western emigrants.—
Taijuan Moorman,
USA TODAY,
28 Jan. 2025
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Hundreds of Vietnamese refugees from San Diego and Orange counties attended the ceremony, and many were joined by their children, grandchildren and even great-grandchildren.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 Apr. 2025
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What might destroy our society is not immigrants or refugees or Palestinians or women seeking abortions or trans people or any of the other assorted others that have been posited as undermining American society.—
Viet Thanh Nguyễn,
Time,
28 Apr. 2025
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“Settler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/settler. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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