settle on/upon (something)
phrasal verb
settled on/upon (something); settling on/upon (something); settles on/upon (something)
: to choose (something or someone) after thinking about other possible choices
We finally settled on a soft yellow for the kitchen walls.
Hours later, they settled on a plan.
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The crowd erupted with laughter, but Nélisse and her castmates couldn’t settle on an answer for Lyle.
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Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 22 Apr. 2025
Even the courts can’t settle on a definition, and that has major consequences for us, Anna Louie Sussman writes.
—German Lopez, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
Slotkin’s spoke from Wyandotte, Michigan, a working-class community south of Detroit, as Democrats struggle to settle on a unified message to combat Trump, which was on full display Tuesday night as Trump delivered the longest address to Congress by a president in U.S. history.
—Joey Cappelletti, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2025
At nuclear waste storage locations near the ocean, that salt spray can settle on the steel canisters.
—Gerald Frankel, The Conversation, 14 Apr. 2025
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Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 22 Apr. 2025
Even the courts can’t settle on a definition, and that has major consequences for us, Anna Louie Sussman writes.
—German Lopez, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
Slotkin’s spoke from Wyandotte, Michigan, a working-class community south of Detroit, as Democrats struggle to settle on a unified message to combat Trump, which was on full display Tuesday night as Trump delivered the longest address to Congress by a president in U.S. history.
—Joey Cappelletti, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2025
At nuclear waste storage locations near the ocean, that salt spray can settle on the steel canisters.
—Gerald Frankel, The Conversation, 14 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for settle on/upon (something)
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“Settle on/upon (something).” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/settle%20on%2Fupon%20%28something%29. Accessed 20 May. 2025.
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