settle differences

Example Sentences

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Ideally, it would be in Taiwan’s best interest if both sides backed off and found “reasoned ways” to settle differences, he said.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 18, 2022

With little time left ahead of a deadline to agree to a renewed Nafta trade deal, Canadian and US officials on Sunday tried to settle differences on tough issues such as protection against US tariffs.

From The Guardian • Sep. 30, 2018

Jones, a powerful owner who has increasingly tried to influence league matters, has emerged as an erratic insurgent among owners who prize order and typically settle differences amicably behind closed doors.

From New York Times • Nov. 10, 2017

Facing possible schism between those who support and oppose same-sex marriage, United Methodists are attempting to settle differences through intimate mediation processes called “just resolutions.”

From Washington Post • Mar. 13, 2015

The only criticism I have to make of him as Secretary of State is, that he was disposed, wherever he could possibly do so, to make international agreements and settle differences without consulting the Senate.

From Fifty Years of Public Service by Cullom, Shelby M.