as in agreement
an arrangement about action to be taken
eventually reached a peace settlement
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Recent Examples of settlement
Paramount's controlling shareholder Shari Redstone pushed for a settlement.
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Meg James Los Angeles Times, arkansasonline.com, 3 July 2025
Jeff Cherry, who was Menzies' attorney in September, told the judge the defendant was not OK with the settlement in the initial plea.
—Andy Humbles, The Tennessean, 3 July 2025
The $16 million settlement, announced late on Tuesday, came after months of wrangling and protest within CBS News.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 2 July 2025
The paper, based on an ancient DNA analysis of 131 skeletons dated to between 7100 and 5950 B.C.E., found that individuals buried in communal graves beneath the same house often weren’t genetically related, at least in the later years of the settlement’s occupation.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 July 2025
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Meg James Los Angeles Times, arkansasonline.com, 3 July 2025
Jeff Cherry, who was Menzies' attorney in September, told the judge the defendant was not OK with the settlement in the initial plea.
—Andy Humbles, The Tennessean, 3 July 2025
The $16 million settlement, announced late on Tuesday, came after months of wrangling and protest within CBS News.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 2 July 2025
The paper, based on an ancient DNA analysis of 131 skeletons dated to between 7100 and 5950 B.C.E., found that individuals buried in communal graves beneath the same house often weren’t genetically related, at least in the later years of the settlement’s occupation.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for settlement
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There are still a number of pending cases in which courts haven’t reached any major rulings yet, such as Trump’s defunding of NPR and the government’s agreement with El Salvador to imprison migrants.—
Alison Durkee,
Forbes.com,
9 July 2025
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For example, overtime promised under a collective bargaining agreement would fall under a contract, while California has a state law requiring daily overtime for hours worked in excess of eight in one day.—
Alicia Adamczyk,
Fortune,
9 July 2025
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As next week's deadline approaches, the Trump administration has touted new trade agreements with countries including China, the U.K. and Vietnam, while the status of other pacts remains under wraps.—
Alain Sherter,
CBS News,
3 July 2025
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The pact still requires approval by the FCC, headed by chairman Brendan Carr, who is an ally of Trump.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
2 July 2025
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The conventions were political gatherings by Black Americans that played a crucial role in advocating for civil and human rights, particularly before and during the Civil War, and into Reconstruction.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
9 July 2025
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Not everybody can get here or get to [another anime] convention, but everybody can get to a theater.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
4 July 2025
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“Settlement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/settlement. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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