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settle

[set-l] / ˈsɛt l /






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Instead of allowing lithium to collect unevenly in certain areas, the tiny structures provide a more uniform distribution of locations where it can settle.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2026

The acquisition nevertheless marked another significant investment in the area where Manning has chosen to settle after his football career.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026

So why, then, is it so awkward for us to settle those tabs with each other?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

The fine is the largest to date against Meta, which has either been fined or agreed to settle several other lawsuits this year, including an $18bn deal with California.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

I stretched my foam pad and sleeping bag out in the sled to settle in for the night.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen

December Brent crude settles down 0.7% at $108.79 a barrel.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

Once the dust settles from these market selloffs, gold and silver prices often rebound quickly due to bargain buying, Samuelson said.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 17, 2026

City have appealed against the verdict, but until the dust settles and final decisions are made, this Premier League season is in a holding pattern.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

“Verity” is no different, allowing Johnson to move her character between suspicion and warmth with languid ease as she settles into Verity’s Vermont home to work.

From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2026

Father settles on a price with the innkeeper, and soon the innkeeper’s wife appears with cool juice for us to drink.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar

Google settled both cases without admitting wrongdoing, but paid what was then a record $22.5-million civil penalty the second case.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

This more settled weather pattern currently looks like it might continue for much of the first week of November.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

Snap and TikTok settled with KGM ahead of that trial.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

The first, over how much higher interest rates need to go, gets settled at policy meetings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

Now, though, a silence has settled over us.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

The 6 Music Festival has been running since 2014 and initially was a roving event, moving around the country each year before settling in Manchester in 2023.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

The pair toured the house multiple times in 2014 before settling on an $88-million monolithic mansion in Bel-Air three years later.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

Here’s what to consider before settling on your own retirement number.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026

In the weeks after, shares fell below the IPO price, before settling around $148, giving SpaceX a valuation of about $2 trillion in recent days.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

“Anyway, my real name is Luc L’Enfant. I told you we would meet again. You are settling in?”

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse


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