as in settled
to cause to come to rest at the bottom (as of a liquid)
the water flowing into the reservoir is sedimenting silt faster than was originally expected
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The Bears finally settled in against the zone to make the game-deciding run, while the Cardinal could never get comfortable.—
Harold Gutmann,
Mercury News,
25 Jan. 2026 -
Most migrants remain in Latin America Eighty-seven percent of those who left Venezuela between 2014 and 2025 settled in a Latin American or Caribbean country, while only 11% went to the US and Europe, according to R4V, a UN mission that organizes assistance for Venezuelan refugees and migrants.—
Jhasua Razo,
CNN Money,
24 Jan. 2026
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Across his catalogue, Daijo explores love, loss, longing, and resilience, universal themes filtered through a lens shaped by his mother’s courage and his international upbringing.—
Mandeep Rai,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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The whiskey is non-chill filtered.—
Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
18 Jan. 2026
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“Sedimented.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sedimented. Accessed 27 Jan. 2026.
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