settled (on or upon)

verb

past tense of settle (on or upon)
as in figured
to come to a judgment about after discussion or consideration the car buyer settled on that brand only after a lot of research

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for settled (on or upon)
  1. figured
  2. decided
  3. opted
  4. resolved
  5. found
  6. determined
Verb
  • Murphy figured the Irish needed to win or tie just about every inning.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 20 Oct. 2026
  • But nobody figured that the back end of the Dodgers’ rotation would suffer the same fate as the lineup.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of figured
Verb
  • But, Majumder said, several temples including her own have decided to carry on their celebrations with additional security provided by the city of Aurora at their places of worship.
    — Addison Wright, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026
  • India has decided to make the trade-off to buy cheaper oil and sort of look the other way, that that's giving money to a guy who's murdering thousands of people every week.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of decided
Verb
  • Jones has opted for direct contributions, while Matsui relied on loans.
    — Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 20 Oct. 2026
  • When the Padres opted against keeping him beyond that season, Murphy became a bench coach for Counsell, Milwaukee’s manager at the time.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of opted
Verb
  • States of uncertainty that cannot be resolved can be particularly inefficient.
    — Maia Szalavitz, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Some cases resulted in convictions, while others were dismissed or resolved through diversion.
    — Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of resolved
Verb
  • Randsburg, which was once a booming California Gold Rush town founded in 1895, has seen most of its residents leave over the years.
    — Joy Benedict, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026
  • At the time, Truell hadn’t founded a company; but three years later, the venture capitalist persuaded her firm, BoxGroup, to invest in the Gen Z engineering savant’s nascent business.
    — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of found
Verb
  • Castillo seeks monetary relief of $250,000 or less, with the final amount to be determined by a jury.
    — Rhyma Castillo, San Antonio Express-News, 16 Oct. 2026
  • The level of autonomy should be determined per case, and humans should define the boundaries.
    — Asaf Wiener, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of determined
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“Settled (on or upon).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/settled%20%28on%20or%20upon%29. Accessed 24 Oct. 2026.

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