as in agreement
an arrangement about action to be taken
eventually reached a peace settlement
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Recent Examples of settlement
Some Trader Joe's customers could be eligible for a payout from the settlement, which the grocery chain agreed to earlier this year.
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Melina Khan, USA Today, 9 May 2026
And Perez is not a perfect fit for settlements involving damaged or destroyed eggs or embryos, where plaintiffs may assert claims for negligence, breach of contract, emotional distress, medical harm, or physical injury.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 9 May 2026
By the time a settlement was reached Monday, Baldoni personally was no longer formally part of the case, just its exhaustive narrative.
—Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 9 May 2026
The singer and her son reached a private settlement in 2024 that ended Cher’s earlier effort to get control of his trust payments.
—Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 9 May 2026
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Melina Khan, USA Today, 9 May 2026
And Perez is not a perfect fit for settlements involving damaged or destroyed eggs or embryos, where plaintiffs may assert claims for negligence, breach of contract, emotional distress, medical harm, or physical injury.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 9 May 2026
By the time a settlement was reached Monday, Baldoni personally was no longer formally part of the case, just its exhaustive narrative.
—Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 9 May 2026
The singer and her son reached a private settlement in 2024 that ended Cher’s earlier effort to get control of his trust payments.
—Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 9 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for settlement
Noun
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They’re caught up in this bureaucratic system, this transfer system, these standardization agreements across state lines, so that anybody can move anywhere.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
12 May 2026
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The charge carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison, but the plea agreement says the government will recommend level reductions in the sentencing guidelines.—
Andrew Blankstein,
NBC news,
12 May 2026
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Under the multi-year pact, Lopez will continue in his role at the helm of the Fire Country spinoff while also developing other projects for the studio.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
8 May 2026
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Then the Motion Picture Academy went and struck a megadeal with YouTube to move the Oscars to the platform in 2029 — in a pact said to be in the nine-figure range.—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
7 May 2026
Noun
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That frustration is exactly why our campaign shocked the political establishment at the Republican convention.—
Anne Brensley,
Boston Herald,
9 May 2026
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Langley is not the kind of country singer who bristles at the genre’s conventions.—
Kelefa Sanneh,
New Yorker,
8 May 2026
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“Settlement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/settlement. Accessed 12 May. 2026.
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