as in agreements
an arrangement about action to be taken
eventually reached a peace settlement
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Recent Examples of settlements
Payments will be distributed after the settlements are approved and any appeals are resolved.
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Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 8 Jan. 2026
Court documents filed this week show that the companies are finalizing settlements in lawsuits in which families accused them of not putting in enough safeguards before publicly releasing AI chatbots.
—Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2026
The settlements will allow the two sides to avoid potentially acrimonious arbitration hearings next month.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 8 Jan. 2026
In the following years, New Orleans and other French settlements began marking the holiday with large-scale events that included dinners, parties and balls.
—Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 8 Jan. 2026
Present-day Michigan is the ancestral homeland of the Ojibwe, Odawa and Potawatomi, Anishinaabe peoples forming the historic Council of Three Fires alliance, with the Indigenous presence pre-dating European settlements by more than 10,000 years.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 5 Nov. 2025
As of today, Tesla has had at least three robotaxi crashes and paid out two settlements after its Autopilot system was accused of being at fault in two fatalities.
—Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 5 Nov. 2025
From 1971-74, Blais launched a video unit in Tunisia and in 1977 served as production adviser for eight films on human settlements shot in Africa for the United Nations Conference.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 4 Nov. 2025
In the settlements there are bricks, slate, and boards.
—Carolyn Forché, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 8 Jan. 2026
Court documents filed this week show that the companies are finalizing settlements in lawsuits in which families accused them of not putting in enough safeguards before publicly releasing AI chatbots.
—Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2026
The settlements will allow the two sides to avoid potentially acrimonious arbitration hearings next month.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 8 Jan. 2026
In the following years, New Orleans and other French settlements began marking the holiday with large-scale events that included dinners, parties and balls.
—Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 8 Jan. 2026
Present-day Michigan is the ancestral homeland of the Ojibwe, Odawa and Potawatomi, Anishinaabe peoples forming the historic Council of Three Fires alliance, with the Indigenous presence pre-dating European settlements by more than 10,000 years.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 5 Nov. 2025
As of today, Tesla has had at least three robotaxi crashes and paid out two settlements after its Autopilot system was accused of being at fault in two fatalities.
—Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 5 Nov. 2025
From 1971-74, Blais launched a video unit in Tunisia and in 1977 served as production adviser for eight films on human settlements shot in Africa for the United Nations Conference.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 4 Nov. 2025
In the settlements there are bricks, slate, and boards.
—Carolyn Forché, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for settlements
Noun
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Last week Meta announced agreements with three nuclear power companies for a data center in Ohio.—
Jordan Novet,
CNBC,
13 Jan. 2026
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Revenue-sharing agreements divert profits that could otherwise flow to pension funds serving teachers, first responders, and blue-collar workers.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Time,
13 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Many of the massive overall pacts made that year with top talent have since been succeeded by first-look pacts, which reflect the current economic realities by lowering the studios’ financial commitment while giving creators and producers more flexibility.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
11 Dec. 2025
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In its final outing, the show’s central characters Damini, Umang, Anjana and Siddhi return with what the streamer describes as the mother of all pacts.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
5 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Dabis embraces the conventions of melodrama with sombre grace.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
14 Jan. 2026
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Following her participation in the event, which reunited several of the stars of the famed 1966 Batman live-action series, Newmar won't attend any other fan conventions or expos.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
13 Jan. 2026
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“Settlements.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/settlements. Accessed 18 Jan. 2026.
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