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settlement

[set-l-muhnt] / ˈsɛt l mənt /




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However, your DIP financial settlement - which I was first given in full on Monday afternoon this week-falls well short of what is required for defence and the country at this dangerous time.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

Any workable political settlement for Social Security will require as its inputs a relatively stable immigration policy and perhaps several years of information on how artificial intelligence will transform the economy’s productivity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

She said that while targeted sanctions against individuals were "important" symbolically, they have "no impact on the rate of settlement expansion" or on "the scale of settlers' violence".

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

The first serious legal challenge to the House settlement on NIL monies will come courtesy of a USC Trojans freshman linebacker.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

I grew up in a poor, rural, racially segregated settlement on the eastern shore of the Delmarva Peninsula, in Delaware, where the racial history of this country casts a long shadow.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson




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