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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
Following his attack by Israeli settlers and subsequent arrest by Israeli authorities, Palestinian filmmaker Hamdan Ballal — the co-director of the Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land — has been freed.
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Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 25 Mar. 2025
According to reports on website of Israeli newspaper Haaretz, the attack happened around 6 p.m. local time in Ballal’s West Bank village of Susya, when a settler approached Palestinian homes and was asked to leave by residents.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 24 Mar. 2025
Israeli director Yuval Abraham claimed on X, formerly Twitter, on Monday that a group of settlers had beaten Palestinian filmmaker Hamdan Ballal, who was later detained by members of the Israeli military.
—Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Mar. 2025
The settler violence in Masafer Yatta began around 6 p.m., according to a press release from the Centre for Jewish Nonviolence.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 24 Mar. 2025
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Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 25 Mar. 2025
According to reports on website of Israeli newspaper Haaretz, the attack happened around 6 p.m. local time in Ballal’s West Bank village of Susya, when a settler approached Palestinian homes and was asked to leave by residents.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 24 Mar. 2025
Israeli director Yuval Abraham claimed on X, formerly Twitter, on Monday that a group of settlers had beaten Palestinian filmmaker Hamdan Ballal, who was later detained by members of the Israeli military.
—Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Mar. 2025
The settler violence in Masafer Yatta began around 6 p.m., according to a press release from the Centre for Jewish Nonviolence.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 24 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for settler
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Collins went on to join another funk pioneer: George Clinton, whose alternating bands Parliament and Funkadelic were innovating a looser, more improvisational and funnier style that would help define Black music in the ’70s.—
Steve Knopper,
Billboard,
9 Apr. 2025
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It’s been sweet watching the sound expand overseas, the seeds of inspo traveling way further than the pioneers intended.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
9 Apr. 2025
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The deal allows Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to submit names and addresses of undocumented immigrants to the IRS to cross-check them with tax filings, the sources said.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Apr. 2025
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That includes millions of immigrants, including those who are undocumented.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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Dunmore’s suspicion of the colonists, on the other hand, had not.—
Andrew Lawler,
Smithsonian Magazine,
2 Apr. 2025
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Founded by British colonists in 1733, Savannah blends British and French influences.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
29 Mar. 2025
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Other states that received some of the highest interstate migrants were North Carolina (392,010), South Carolina (314,953), Arizona (252,654) and Tennessee (252,180).—
Lee Habeeb,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Apr. 2025
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The results call into question a number of assumptions about Europeans’ attitudes to irregular migrants.—
Frey Lindsay,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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The motel, which is owned by his father and his uncle, emigrants from London, is not far from where Naran grew up, in Echo Park.—
Hannah Goldfield,
The New Yorker,
24 Mar. 2025
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The emigrants killed were traveling by wagon to California at the time.—
Barbara A. Perry,
Newsweek,
28 Jan. 2025
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Cao herself was flown out of Vietnam in 1975 and came to the States as a 13-year-old refugee.—
Victoria Le,
Oc Register,
3 Apr. 2025
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Layoffs also hit the entire staff at the HHS Administration for Children and Families, a division that provides support for child care, family violence prevention, refugee resettlement and Head Start programs. 5.—
Jade Walker,
CNN Money,
2 Apr. 2025
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“Settler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/settler. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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