How to Use settlement in a Sentence

settlement

noun

• I got the house in the divorce settlement.
• The parties have not been able to reach a settlement in the case.
• We were hoping for a quick settlement of the dispute between the neighbors.
• They came upon the ruins of an ancient settlement.
• This was the island's first colonial settlement.
• English settlements in North America.
• The terms of the settlement had not yet been filed with the court, and Stern still has to approve the agreement.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 24 May 2022
• The estate did not receive any of the settlement funds.
  — Michael M. Dewitt, USA TODAY, 24 May 2023
• What is the deadline to file a claim for Cash App settlement?
  — Raphael Romero Ruiz, The Arizona Republic, 4 Nov. 2024
• In time, that might lead us to press Ukraine to come to a settlement with Russia.
  — The Editors, National Review, 10 Nov. 2022
• By the 1930s, the settlements had grown into a sprawling city.
  — Javier C. Hernández, New York Times, 26 Nov. 2023
• The marsh also rules out a Viking settlement as a source.
  — Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
• Lawyers for the family didn't disclose the terms of the settlement.
  — Harold Maass, The Week, 2 Aug. 2023
• As part of the settlement, Spanyer and Mitchell have agreed to drop their claims against the city and dismiss the lawsuit.
  — Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 13 May 2022
• Court records do not indicate the amount of the settlement.
  — Benjamin Wermund, San Antonio Express-News, 12 May 2022
• In light of Facebook's $725 million settlement, users now have their chance to claim their slice of the pie.
  — Gabriella Ybarra, San Antonio Express-News, 20 Apr. 2023
• There's only one week left to file a claim in the Cash App class-action settlement.
  — Kate Irwin, PCMAG, 11 Nov. 2024
• He was directed up the hill to the settlement of Valley, where a man named John Hurt lived.
  — David Brown, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Dec. 2022
• Johnson told the Statesman the lawsuit ended in a settlement paid out to the herder.
  — Ian Max Stevenson, Idaho Statesman, 17 Jan. 2025
• Most of the settlement stuff with the NFL was mostly my agency and legal team.
  — Irie Harris, cleveland, 2 Dec. 2022
• The $95 million settlement is but a drop in the bucket for Apple, though.
  — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 5 Jan. 2025
• The state paid more than $25 million in court settlements and legal fees.
  — Laura Schulte, Journal Sentinel, 3 July 2024
• As part of that settlement, our case will be dismissed.
  — Andrew Dalton, ajc, 5 Oct. 2022
• That may be partly because of the settlement the two sides reached, whose terms have not been made public.
  — Emily Heil, Washington Post, 13 June 2022
• Last week, the singer, 35, and actress, 28, reached a settlement agreement.
  — Charmaine Patterson, Peoplemag, 12 Sep. 2024
• In 2024, Lemon reached a settlement with the cable news network.
  — Kim Willis, USA TODAY, 1 Jan. 2025
• Payments will rise each year as part of the 10-year settlement agreement.
  — Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2025
• No details about the settlement have been made public and the parties in the case refused to discuss the terms of the agreement this week.
  — Fox News, 8 July 2022
• The settlement adds to what has been a lengthy and brutal stretch for the crypto world that has seen the collapse of many major exchanges.
  — Kevin Collier, NBC News, 21 Nov. 2023
• Nobody is talking settlement right now, at least not before today.
  — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 9 June 2025