settlements

NOUN

decision, conclusion

Synonyms

STRONGEST

agreement arrangement compensation contract deal establishment payment resolution

STRONG

adjustment clearance compact completion conclusion confirmation covenant defrayal determination discharge disposition liquidation pay payoff quietus reimbursement remuneration satisfaction showdown termination trade-off

WEAK

happy medium working out

Antonyms

STRONGEST

disagreement misunderstanding

STRONG

beginning denial introduction start veto

WEAK

confusion indecision

NOUN

community

Synonyms

STRONGEST

establishment

STRONG

colonization colony encampment foundation habitation hamlet inhabitancy occupancy occupation outpost plantation principality residence

Antonyms

WEAK

confusion indecision

Example Sentences

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Woodward’s stance could weaken the department’s ability to challenge anticompetitive mergers and speed up settlements.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 25, 2026

These worker gains date from April settlements reached just in time to avert a strike.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 24, 2026

"They said we must move from the informal settlements... Now we are here, trying to get back home, they are following us," he told AFP.

From Barron's • Jun. 17, 2026

But the repeal also made settlements less meaningful, because defendants can now assert that the SEC got everything wrong and they just settled because it was less costly than litigating.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 17, 2026

The expedition was sponsored by the Institute of Archaeology at Oxford University, and it was going to survey an area in which they hoped to find evidence of early human settlements.

From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman