settlement
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The settlement, approved by a federal judge Wednesday, also commits Paramount to at least $1.5 billion more in domestic production spending over five years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
The U.N. describes Lamu Old Town, designated as a World Heritage site, as “the oldest and best-preserved Swahili settlement in East Africa.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
District Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín on Wednesday signed a settlement agreement, effectively ending an antitrust lawsuit brought in July by California Atty.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
The meeting is held in a narrow street in a Johannesburg informal settlement known as Organic Market.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
By around 8500 BCE, societies in all seven areas of settlement were domesticating and cultivating plants.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
Separately, Polanski has also written to Miliband, asking what steps the government would take to make sure revenue from UK oil and gas production did not finance illegal settlements.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
The settlers walked between Ganim and Kadim, settlements that are powerful symbols for their movement.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
They started winning lawsuits and settlements from the NCAA.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
Department of Justice, not settlements reached by states.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026
Evidence of such settlements has been discovered throughout the Middle East, particularly in the Levant, where the Natufian culture flourished from 12,500 BC to 9500 BC.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
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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