the dust settles

idiom

—used to talk about what happens when things become clear or calm after a period of change or confusion

I'll call you as soon as the dust settles from the move.

When the dust settled and the votes were recounted, she had won the election.

You should let the dust settle before you make any big decisions.

Examples of the dust settles in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web As the dust settles, the scale of destruction is startling. —

Jeremy Diamond, CNN, 7 July 2024 The sales news comes as the dust settles on this year’s Conecta Fiction, which ran June 18-21 in Spain’s Toledo, and as France’s Sunny Side of the Doc kicks off in La Rochelle, unspooling over June 24-27. —

John Hopewell, Variety, 24 June 2024 As the dust settles in the aftermath of Donald Trump’s felony conviction, some appreciation is in order. —

New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 3 June 2024 Once the dust settles, Russia will almost certainly remain an authoritarian country. —

Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Foreign Affairs, 20 June 2023 See all Example Sentences for the dust settles

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