settled upon
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It was a simple equation that Pete Carroll settled upon when he arrived as the new football coach at USC six years ago.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 3, 2025
The design he settled upon is now affectionately referred to as The Armadillo – its distinctive shape becoming a familiar Cardiff Bay landmark.
From BBC • Dec. 1, 2024
But he also had a gift for explaining his musical goals and how he had settled upon them.
From New York Times • Nov. 18, 2023
Eventually, in the early 2010s, Russia settled upon the idea of the Luna-25 mission to the south pole of the moon.
From Reuters • Aug. 20, 2023
To separate the facts from the hearsay contained in the bureau’s case files, White settled upon a simple but elegant approach: he would methodically try to corroborate each suspect’s alibi.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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