as in figuring
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 settling (on or upon)
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And the Rebels, after some early struggles, are suddenly figuring some things out, evidenced by a 10-point win at Utah State on Tuesday in a game they were projected to lose by 16.—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Jan. 2026 -
Lost amid the euphoria of the first relevant Sharks season in a good long while is the fact that this team is still a collection of kids figuring things out on the fly.—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
24 Jan. 2026
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Users are uniquely choosing to ignore those fixes en masse.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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More women in their late 30s and 40s aren’t just choosing to become first-time mothers—some of them are also entering motherhood on their own, through IVF or donor sperm.—
Akilah Siti Easter,
Parents,
23 Jan. 2026
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As the 2026 midterms approach, affordability will again be the deciding issue among voters.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Time,
13 Jan. 2026
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Prior to that game-deciding drive, Brock Purdy and the 49ers’ offense needed to respond to the Eagles’ field goal that made the score read 19-17 on the Jumbotron at Lincoln Financial Field in favor of the home team.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
12 Jan. 2026
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With White sitting, head coach Joe Mazzulla gave second-year pro Baylor Scheierman his third start of the season, opting again to keep Anfernee Simons in his usual role as a sixth man.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
24 Jan. 2026
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While that not be the case in Illinois, the states opting to follow the CDC’s new recommendations might result in insurance companies or Medicare/Medicaid opting not to pay for those that aren’t on the list, Isaacson said.—
Mike Danahey,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Jan. 2026
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For 2025, the IRS made meaningful inflation adjustments to the federal tax brackets and the standard deduction, determining how much income is ultimately taxed.—
Emma Waldman,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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Still, Democrats stridently argued that Congress needs to assert its role in determining when the president can use wartime powers.—
Stephen Groves,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Jan. 2026
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The errors caused a 24-hour delay in resolving a case that Elliott had hoped to conclude on Wednesday.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Still, Shapiro said, the framework remains a fixture of Middle East diplomacy due to the lack of viable alternatives for resolving the conflict between two peoples living in one land, each with legitimate claims to a homeland.—
Amelie Botbol,
FOXNews.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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Los Angeles’s tight ends’ success in finding paydirt against Seattle could come into play again this week.—
Josh Shepardson,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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The idea behind genetic genealogy is to take DNA from a crime scene and enter it into a publicly accessible genealogy DNA database in hopes of finding a close enough match to relatives of the unknown perpetrator.—
Teri Figueroa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Jan. 2026
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“Settling (on or upon).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/settling%20%28on%20or%20upon%29. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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