How to Use the dust settles in a Sentence

the dust settles

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  • As the dust settles on season 1 of the series, the fate of Double K is still up in the air.
    Francesca Gariano, People.com, 18 Apr. 2025
  • When the dust settles on 2024, how many of these unicorns will be left?
    Chuck Todd, NBC News, 20 July 2023
  • Marvel will find a new release for it once the dust settles from the strikes.
    Adam B. Vary, Variety, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Once the dust settles, all students should be dropped off by 6:30 p.m.
    Krista Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 31 July 2024
  • When the dust settles, Torres looks down to see a shiv sticking out of his side.
    EW.com, 12 Feb. 2024
  • As the dust settles, the scale of destruction is startling.
    Jeremy Diamond, CNN, 7 July 2024
  • Who will still be alive when the dust settles and who will win the battle for Atlanta’s future?
    Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Sep. 2024
  • Per pound, the Elan may look fairly expensive when the dust settles.
    Brendan McAleer, Car and Driver, 16 July 2023
  • Is there any one sensible story to be told when the dust settles?
    Jennifer Ouellette and Sean M. Carroll, Ars Technica, 24 Nov. 2023
  • Until the dust settles from such debates, posts like Meta’s will continue to miss the mark.
    Wes Davis, The Verge, 12 Oct. 2024
  • When the dust settles, this week is a different picture.
    Chris Feil, Vulture, 6 June 2025
  • As the dust settles from this war, Israel's leadership will need to chart a course that ends the cycles of containment of the past.
    Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
  • As the dust settles on the devastation in the north of the prefecture, the next step for this part of Japan is to look forward, and tourism plays a vital part in this.
    Lauren Mowery, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
  • In fact, by the time the dust settles, crypto may well represent a fraud at least ten times bigger than Madoff.
    Steve Larsen, Forbes, 17 July 2023
  • These four groups represent the four reasons MAGA is going to be just fine when the dust settles.
    S.e. Cupp, New York Daily News, 16 July 2025
  • What’s less obvious is what the remainders of the company look like when the dust settles.
    Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 12 June 2025
  • But when the dust settles, Boston should have one of the American League's better lineups.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 17 Feb. 2025
  • Only time will tell how this season’s contestants fare in the real world once the dust settles.
    Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 14 July 2025
  • Biding your time could be the right strategy as the dust settles on each decision.
    Jodie Cook, Forbes, 3 May 2023
  • But what becomes of the women whose names remain as the butt of jokes and lives left the source of speculation long after the dust settles on rap’s war grounds?
    Rivea Ruff, Essence, 7 May 2024
  • As the dust settles on the reboot’s not-quite-cancellation, the question remains: What went wrong?
    Louis Staples, Rolling Stone, 13 May 2025
  • And then as the dust settles, with huge casualties on both sides, an even larger threat arrives.
    Nick Romano, EW.com, 6 Mar. 2025
  • When the dust settles, Denver could be in any of four spots in the standings — including a Play-In Tournament scenario.
    Matt Schubert, Denver Post, 12 Apr. 2025
  • Our goal is to not worry about what the record is, take each game one game at a time and focus all our energy on that game and, when the dust settles, look back and see where that gets you.
    Ben Thomas | Bthomas@al.com, al, 25 Aug. 2023
  • As the dust settles from the blitzkrieg of the first few days, public awareness of these and other unpopular measures will increase.
    Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 25 Jan. 2025
  • Because Mercury is still retrograde, hold off on acting on those choices right away—see how the dust settles over the next two weeks.
    Kirah Tabourn, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Apr. 2023
  • Before the dust settles, the private equity firm sells and leaves town, leaving communities to pick up the pieces.
    Michael Kaplan, CBS News, 6 Dec. 2023
  • Nevertheless, once the dust settles later in the day, your afternoon and evening will be quite agreeable.
    Georgia Nicols, The Denver Post, 17 May 2024
  • But when the tears have dried up and the dust settles before a new chapter, Antonio will be aware of the profound impact joining West Ham has had on his life and career.
    Roshane Thomas, New York Times, 27 June 2025
  • Trust is built in those vulnerable moments, not after the dust settles.
    Heather Stickler, Forbes.com, 16 June 2025

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