settled upon

Example Sentences

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“I had settled upon the fact that that was going to be it for me. And I was happy with that,” Ball says.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2025

A reward of £2m was settled upon quickly.

From BBC • Aug. 24, 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

Getting past my partner, who was fast asleep in an easy chair, I settled upon my task.

From Salon • May 27, 2023

I wish to prove to them that we have not flown here, so much as settled upon a firm place, from which we shall sally forth.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson