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settling

[set-ling, -l-ing] / ˈsɛt lɪŋ, -l ɪŋ /
ADJECTIVE
compensating
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Congress didn’t even bother settling on its modern template until four years later.

From Salon

The pair married in Vancouver on his release, before settling in Surrey.

From BBC

It got all the way to the five-yard line in overtime, but failed to punch in, settling for a field goal that would spell its demise.

From Los Angeles Times

“October’s data show the housing market settling into a much slower gear” said Nicholas Godec at S&P Dow Jones Indices.

From The Wall Street Journal

He returned this year, settling in his cousin’s stone house after nearly a decade in exile in the north and in Istanbul.

From The Wall Street Journal