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mediation

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as in settlement

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Recent Examples of mediation Before agreeing to settle, both sides reviewed information about Costco's email marketing practices, including promotional emails at issue in the lawsuit, and reached an agreement during mediation in March 2026. — Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 24 July 2026 During a sit-down with PEOPLE, O’Donnell delved even further into her health journey and the transformative impact that GLP-1 mediation has had on her life. — Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 23 July 2026 Separately, two Pakistani government sources said Iran’s Interior Minister Eskandar Momeni, making his second visit to Islamabad in less than a week, had asked Pakistan to resume its mediation role in Iran’s conflict with the United States. — Reuters, NBC news, 20 July 2026 The two of you are at a stalemate, and without mediation, your situation won’t change. — Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 19 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for mediation

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Her time in office also saw a large amount of legal settlements that were attached to cases that stretched even before her tenure as Chief.

— Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 30 July 2026
Harry also reached a settlement with the publisher of The Sun last January, which paid an eight-figure sum in damages and issued an apology acknowledging unlawful actions.

— Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 29 July 2026

Definition of settlement

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The physical border fence between the southern tip of Spain and the British territory of Gibraltar was removed earlier this month, under a historic treaty between the EU and the UK.

— Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 25 July 2026
The carve-out was troubling but also sort of moot, because the treaty had no meaningful enforcement mechanism.

— Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 25 July 2026

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The militant group Hamas has reached an agreement with the Board of Peace – tasked with implementing a long term ceasefire plan in Gaza – to relinquish its weapons, a senior official told CNN on Friday.

— Jeremy Diamond, CNN Money, 31 July 2026
Jennings says, in situations like this, the two parties usually come to an agreement, but this should be a lesson.

— Michael Abeyta, CBS News, 31 July 2026

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