settling
noun
set·tling
| \ ˈset-liŋ
, ˈse-tᵊl-iŋ\
, ˈse-tᵊl-iŋ\
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The settling defendants are accounting firms Deloitte and EisnerAmper, Portland law firm Tonkon Torp, legal giant Sidley Austin, securities firm TD Ameritrade; Integrity Bank & Trust of Colorado; and the ratings agency Duff & Phelps. — oregonlive.com, "Aequitas investors score major victory with $234.6 million settlement," 9 July 2019 The Spaniard appears to have no future at Barcelona after difficult settling at Camp Nou, indicating that a permanent move is on the cards this summer. — SI.com, "Everton 'Set to Complete' £22m Deal With Barcelona for 2018/19 Loan Star Andre Gomes," 19 June 2019 But a key event was the restoration of another masterpiece, and the settling of a question that had divided art historians for decades. — Quanta Magazine, "Using Mathematics to Repair a Masterpiece," 29 Sep. 2016 Some 3 million Venezuelans have left since 2015, with 1.2 million settling in Colombia. — Manuel Rueda, The Seattle Times, "AP Explains: Cucuta, Colombia — The gateway into Venezuela," 4 Feb. 2019 The skull belongs to a woman, now nicknamed Luzia, who died in a cave in southeastern Brazil early in the history of the settling of the Americas. — Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, "Ancient skull found among debris in burned Brazilian museum," 25 Oct. 2018 Reynal said the prosecutions there are a form of political score settling by the leftist Democratic Revolutionary Party, which took control of the state in 2013. — Jason Buch, San Antonio Express-News, "Wife of former Mexican official sentenced to 10 months in prison for fraud," 11 Jan. 2018 By the time three of its eight stories were completed, the tower’s uneven settling became noticeable. — Martin Finucane, BostonGlobe.com, "Scientists may have solved the mystery of why the leaning tower of Pisa hasn’t fallen down during an earthquake," 11 May 2018 More than 6 million Syrians have fled their homeland, most settling in overburdened regional host countries such as Jordan. — Washington Post, "Supreme Court’s nod to travel ban heightens refugee worries," 27 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'settling.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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