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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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The palace wasn’t completely protected from the elements — after people left, the structures deteriorated from wind, and water for more than half a millennium until settlers noticed it in the 1880s and began to dig up — and sometimes used dynamite — the ruins in search of treasure.
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Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 4 Dec. 2024
From cultural touchstone to commodity After contact and colonization, Spanish settlers brought the practice of silversmithing to the Southwest in the late 19th century.
—Debra Utacia Krol, USA TODAY, 28 Nov. 2024
Her series, for example, ignores the Indigenous inhabitants of Prince Edward Island, who arrived thousands of years before European settlers.
—Melanie Stetson Freeman, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Nov. 2024
The new worry for Palestinians is that Donald Trump’s pick for US ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, who has many fans among Israeli settlers, could accelerate their land losses.
—Nic Robertson, CNN, 25 Nov. 2024
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Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 4 Dec. 2024
From cultural touchstone to commodity After contact and colonization, Spanish settlers brought the practice of silversmithing to the Southwest in the late 19th century.
—Debra Utacia Krol, USA TODAY, 28 Nov. 2024
Her series, for example, ignores the Indigenous inhabitants of Prince Edward Island, who arrived thousands of years before European settlers.
—Melanie Stetson Freeman, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Nov. 2024
The new worry for Palestinians is that Donald Trump’s pick for US ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, who has many fans among Israeli settlers, could accelerate their land losses.
—Nic Robertson, CNN, 25 Nov. 2024
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Claressa Shields and Laila Ali, women’s boxing pioneer and the daughter of Muhammad Ali, used to be close.Brian Mazique, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
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That gave Sammet the opportunity to work with computing pioneer Grace Hopper on the UNIVAC I, the first general-purpose electronic digital computer manufactured in the United States.IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 15 Dec. 2024
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These plans included detaining undocumented immigrants in camps while awaiting deportation.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
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That statement ignores the fact that Central Park was also, at one time, the site of Seneca Village, an African American community with three churches, which was also home to Irish immigrants.The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2024
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But white colonists’ aversion to arming enslaved people prevented many Black Americans from joining the Patriot cause.Kinsey Gidick, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Dec. 2024
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The colonists pleged to remain loyal to Bavaria and the German language and their traditons.Tanya Wildt, Detroit Free Press, 2 Dec. 2024
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The dummy representing an undocumented migrant in the video was seen tied to a chair with their hands duct taped behind their back.Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
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The United States historically has expelled the majority of migrants without legal status to Mexico and other Central American countries.Mennatalla Ibrahim, Baltimore Sun, 24 Dec. 2024
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Israel's population includes many emigrants from Central Asia, most of whom arrived after the fall of the Soviet Union.Tim Ryan, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
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Landed during the rainy season in a swamp, the emigrants found neither fresh water nor waterproof dwellings awaiting them, though they were shortly regaled with a supply of skates!Rob Crossan, JSTOR Daily, 13 Dec. 2024
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The nonprofit has seen more Spanish-speaking guests, including refugees from Venezuela.Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 21 Dec. 2024
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Connecting over meals From dining alongside refugee neighbors to supporting in-house immigrant chefs, here are four U.S. opportunities to connect with other cultures—and, in some cases, each other—over meals.Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Dec. 2024
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“Settler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/settler. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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