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- verb Present participle of
resettle .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective settled in a new location
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Examples
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" Day, " which sprawls across four hours, is a richly textured story about coming of age in 1960s Taiwan, based on the real-life conflicts between rival gangs of native Taiwanese youths from families that had resettled from the Chinese mainland in 1949.
Get In on the Action Steve Dollar 2010
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His 1991 "A Brighter Summer Day," which opens Friday for a landmark American theatrical run, is a richly textured coming-of-age epic set in 1960s Taiwan, based on the real-life conflicts between rival gangs of native Taiwanese youths from families that had resettled from the Chinese mainland in 1949.
Dreams and Screams Steve Dollar 2011
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Jordanian authorities have started revoking the citizenship of thousands of Palestinians living in Jordan to avoid a situation in which they would be "resettled" permanently in the kingdom, Jordanian and Palestinian officials revealed on Monday.
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The U.S. deep-sixed the intelligence report in February, "resettled" Habbush to a safe house in Jordan during the invasion and then paid him $5 million in what could only be considered hush money.
Ron Suskind: The Forged Iraqi Letter: What Just Happened? 2008
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It's ironic that folks who have "resettled" in Texas, where Mother Bush thought they'd be better off anyway, cant find jobs, but their hometown is begging for them.
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The U.S. deep-sixed the intelligence report in February, "resettled" Habbush to a safe house in Jordan during the invasion and then paid him $5 million in what could only be considered hush money.
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The U.S. deep-sixed the intelligence report in February, 'resettled' Habbush to a safe house in Jordan during the invasion and then paid him $5 million in what could only be considered hush money. ...
Archive 2008-08-01 Michael Caddell 2008
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NEWSWEEK has learned that East Africans who were not even refugees have been "resettled" by the agency, often after being given phony identities and case histories.
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Residents of Riemvasmaak were thrown off their land in the early 1970's and "resettled" according to racial classification in three different areas.
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It leaves the distribution and use of the land, except in the "resettled" districts, where it was, with
The Framework of Home Rule Erskine Childers 1896
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