settling
Example Sentences
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That came just moments after the 25-year-old Brazilian had scored a wonder goal worthy of settling any contest.
From Barron's
Her shout rang across the water; birds settling for the night flapped into the sky, and the king roared an answer from Sea Lion Point.
From Literature
Canada's Megan Oldham won gold with China's defending champion Eileen Gu - competing in a big air competition for the first time since winning the Olympic title four years ago - settling for silver this time.
From BBC
In the 1970s and 1980s, tracking the market with low-cost index funds instead of hiring an expensive stock picker was “settling for average.”
The 21-year-old from Virginia, the son of figure skaters from Uzbekistan who competed at the Olympics before settling in the United States, leads Japanese skater Yuma Kagiyama by a comfortable 5.09-point margin.
From Barron's
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