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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All the grit and sugar had settled at the bottom.—
Douglas Stuart,
New Yorker,
12 Apr. 2026 -
At 14 weeks pregnant and with a gender reveal party on the horizon, her family said things had settled into place.—
Caroline Silva,
AJC.com,
11 Apr. 2026
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The war felt far away then—an abstraction to analyze—its consequences filtered through spreadsheets and financial models.—
Pandu Sjahrir,
Fortune,
11 Apr. 2026
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The department, aided by the hiring of a new state superintendent in November 2013, began to take a more active role than in the past in marshaling resources, support, and administrative authority to make sure the changes embodied in law actually filtered down to students in the classroom.—
Rachel Canter,
The Atlantic,
9 Apr. 2026
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“Sedimented.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sedimented. Accessed 19 Apr. 2026.
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