settlement
Example Sentences
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“Instead, the Plaintiffs and Defendant have agreed to a Settlement to avoid the risk, cost, and time of continuing the lawsuit.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026
The suburban ninth district, which sits outside Fort Worth and includes a town called White Settlement, is the very definition of a Republican stronghold.
From Salon • Feb. 6, 2026
Under a 1975 federal law called the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, steering consumers into certain mortgages in exchange for a fee or a kickback is illegal.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 27, 2026
"The Code makes a Reduced Settlement Charge available for 14 days before it is increased back up to £100," a spokesperson said.
From BBC • Jan. 18, 2026
She’d come to Buxton with lots of pieces of gold sewed up in her dress and bought fifty acres of land in the south of the Settlement.
From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis
Vocabulary lists containing settlement
Human Geography - Middle School
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Human Geography - High School
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The Middle East and Central Asia - Introductory
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