- present participle of settle.
settling
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Millions of Jews arrived from Eastern Europe beginning in the 1880s, often settling in neighborhoods with little open space and scant money to spend on recreation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
Bayer has spent more than $10 billion settling thousands of cases linked to glyphosate-based herbicides since it acquired the US agrichemical group Monsanto, developer of the popular Roundup weedkiller, in 2018.
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026
“Reality is settling in,” said Bob McNally, president at Rapidan Energy Group.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026
The couple left the UK and stepped back from their royal duties in early 2020, before settling in California in March that year.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026
The gears float back to the watch, settling into place until the watch is complete again, hands ticking the seconds forward as though nothing had happened.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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