settlement
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Safe to say, then, that the plaintiff has not agreed to the DOJ’s settlement changes.
From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026
Tilly reached a financial settlement with North Yorkshire Police - with no admission of liability from the force.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
The new bill would cap spending at $48.8 million, consisting of $21.3 million from the settlement of the House v.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
"It's so hot it's hard to breathe," said one resident of Guryong Village, a settlement of crude wood and tarpaulin shacks hosting around 160 households according to officials.
From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026
The journey was long and harsh, and by the time they made it to Idaho, to a Mormon settlement called Worm Creek, Anna’s mother was sick, dying.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
UBS Financial Services entered into settlements with the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
But when humans began living in villages and towns on the outskirts of those forests, some mosquitoes found the water stored in containers in human settlements a more attractive breeding ground.
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026
Road builders lived in settlements along the oiled-dirt road they were creating; the asphalt came several years later.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
Both reached the settlements "for business reasons," said Kennedy.
From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026
“Ye didn’t think it was just two settlements on all of New World, did ye?”
From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness
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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