as in agreements
an arrangement about action to be taken
eventually reached a peace settlement
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Recent Examples of settlements
The funds — Michigan's share of national settlements with drug manufacturers and distributors for their role in sparking the opioid crisis — are meant to help mitigate drug use and deaths.
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CBS News, 18 May 2026
In many places, shell middens begin as refuse piles and eventually become parts of the foundations of buildings or settlements.
—ArsTechnica, 18 May 2026
Faster payments and real-time settlements are now part of the essential infrastructure.
—Dr. Saheer Nelliparamban, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
It was created to ensure that settlements by and judgments against the government could be paid out without individual appropriations being made each time.
—Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2026
One trust would collect money from the church, parishes, schools and insurance settlements to compensate survivors, while the second trust would manage litigation and insurance claims against insurers that did not settle.
—Bridget Byrne, Baltimore Sun, 17 May 2026
Israel views West Bank settlements as legal if they are authorized by the government.
—Shira Pinson, NBC news, 17 May 2026
No, presidents cannot run the government through executive order alone or these kind of intra-executive branch settlements either.
—ABC News, 17 May 2026
The settlements come after years of fierce and expensive court battles, which highlighted the difficulties in interpreting a legal provision that was first enacted several years after it was written into law.
—Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 11 May 2026
CBS News, 18 May 2026
In many places, shell middens begin as refuse piles and eventually become parts of the foundations of buildings or settlements.
—ArsTechnica, 18 May 2026
Faster payments and real-time settlements are now part of the essential infrastructure.
—Dr. Saheer Nelliparamban, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
It was created to ensure that settlements by and judgments against the government could be paid out without individual appropriations being made each time.
—Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2026
One trust would collect money from the church, parishes, schools and insurance settlements to compensate survivors, while the second trust would manage litigation and insurance claims against insurers that did not settle.
—Bridget Byrne, Baltimore Sun, 17 May 2026
Israel views West Bank settlements as legal if they are authorized by the government.
—Shira Pinson, NBC news, 17 May 2026
No, presidents cannot run the government through executive order alone or these kind of intra-executive branch settlements either.
—ABC News, 17 May 2026
The settlements come after years of fierce and expensive court battles, which highlighted the difficulties in interpreting a legal provision that was first enacted several years after it was written into law.
—Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 11 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for settlements
Noun
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Separately, HiCloud also signed operational agreements with partners, including Shenergy Group, Shanghai Telecom, CCCC Third Harbor Engineering, and others.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
19 May 2026
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This bill would authorize the state to enter into agreements with individual bargaining units to roll out the holiday.—
William Melhado,
Sacbee.com,
19 May 2026
Noun
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Pickett and Grier are signed to one-year pacts.—
Mike Kaye,
Charlotte Observer,
30 Apr. 2026
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But the deals are done project by project, rather than via the older model of pacts that paid out millions in development funds and compensation over three or four years.—
Joe Otterson,
Variety,
8 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Republicans held five straight conventions in the city, from 1904 through 1920.—
Dan Petrella,
Chicago Tribune,
13 May 2026
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Nowhere was this more evident than at his legendary speech, delivered in less than perfect Spanish and which seemed deliberately designed to provoke the literary sensibilities and conventions of the time.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 May 2026
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“Settlements.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/settlements. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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