settle a lawsuit
idiom
: to end a lawsuit before the court makes a decision about it
They agreed to pay $100,000 to settle the lawsuit.
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Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, agreed to pay $25 million to settle a lawsuit Trump filed after he was suspended from the social media platforms following the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol.
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Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 26 May 2025
Meta had paid twenty-five million dollars to settle a lawsuit with Trump for suspending him from Facebook and Instagram in the aftermath of January 6th; Comcast was trying to spin off MSNBC, which Trump routinely excoriates.
—Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2025
The company also ended its independent fact-checking program and paid Trump $25 million to settle a lawsuit over its suspension of Trump after the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.
—Emily Brooks, The Hill, 15 Apr. 2025
The Trump administration is set to pay out nearly $5 million to settle a lawsuit brought by the family of Ashli Babbitt, a rioter fatally shot during the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, sources familiar with the matter confirmed to ABC News on Monday.
—Katherine Faulders, ABC News, 19 May 2025
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Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 26 May 2025
Meta had paid twenty-five million dollars to settle a lawsuit with Trump for suspending him from Facebook and Instagram in the aftermath of January 6th; Comcast was trying to spin off MSNBC, which Trump routinely excoriates.
—Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2025
The company also ended its independent fact-checking program and paid Trump $25 million to settle a lawsuit over its suspension of Trump after the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.
—Emily Brooks, The Hill, 15 Apr. 2025
The Trump administration is set to pay out nearly $5 million to settle a lawsuit brought by the family of Ashli Babbitt, a rioter fatally shot during the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, sources familiar with the matter confirmed to ABC News on Monday.
—Katherine Faulders, ABC News, 19 May 2025
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“Settle a lawsuit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/settle%20a%20lawsuit. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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