- plural of settlement.
settlements
Example Sentences
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The motion also leaves UC as a major holdout after a string of settlements in which universities facing antisemitism investigations agreed to pay a combined total of hundreds of millions of dollars.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Separately, Polanski has also written to Miliband, asking what steps the government would take to make sure revenue from UK oil and gas production did not finance illegal settlements.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
Department of Justice, not settlements reached by states.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026
Over 5,000 remain missing in Nepal since the tsunami-like waves swept away roads, bridges and settlements in the mountainous regions up north, and battered crucial hydropower projects.
From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026
Similar tribal organization in the past is inferred from archaeological evidence of settlements that were substantial but lacked the archaeological hallmarks of chiefdoms that I shall explain below.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
