as in agreement
an arrangement about action to be taken
eventually reached a peace settlement
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Recent Examples of settlement
June's enjoying a safe and peaceful life in Alaska with her mom and baby Nichole, while Serena and Noah are similarly thriving at the Canadian settlement that took them in.
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EW.com, 8 Apr. 2025
The lawsuit settlement comes after the city Department of Investigation released a scathing report concluding Pearson abused his authority and lied to NYPD officers in connection with the incident.
—Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 8 Apr. 2025
Demonstrating that the settlement should apply to future athletes will also be hard.
—Justin Williams, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
The settlement does not appear in the Agency for Health Care Administration’s online settlement database.
—Lawrence Mower, Miami Herald, 8 Apr. 2025
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EW.com, 8 Apr. 2025
The lawsuit settlement comes after the city Department of Investigation released a scathing report concluding Pearson abused his authority and lied to NYPD officers in connection with the incident.
—Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 8 Apr. 2025
Demonstrating that the settlement should apply to future athletes will also be hard.
—Justin Williams, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
The settlement does not appear in the Agency for Health Care Administration’s online settlement database.
—Lawrence Mower, Miami Herald, 8 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for settlement
Noun
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So there’s a mutual agreement between the two, or mutual benefits, that are quite tolerable—or even pleasurable.—
Mark Holgate,
Vogue,
15 Apr. 2025
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Trump has threatened military action should no agreement be reached, raising the stakes for resolution.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Apr. 2025
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As part of the pact, Korine will also serve on the jury at Runway’s AI Film Festival that will take place at New York’s Alice Tully Hall and L.A.’s The Broad Stage Theater this June.—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Apr. 2025
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That came after the British government’s rejection, on April 1, of an attempt by Europe to make London’s participation in a defense pact conditional on its readiness to allow EU fishing boats into British waters.—
Colette Davidson,
Christian Science Monitor,
9 Apr. 2025
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For a generation of music-and-fashion obsessives, Williams, 52, is revered as the original hip-hop eccentric: highly expressive, unapologetically audacious, unafraid to flout menswear conventions, especially the hypermasculine tropes ascribed to rap music.—
Chioma Nnadi,
Vogue,
15 Apr. 2025
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And while in many categories a Super Bowl ad is no proof of the entrepreneurial, in January, Horwood and her team broke company and category conventions with a campaign to raise awareness and drive screenings for breast cancer.—
Seth Matlins,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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“Settlement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/settlement. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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