settlement
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Former executives and insiders agreed to a $125 million settlement in a related class action.
From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2026
Timure, the small trading settlement clustered around the crossing, was devastated.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
For example, Meta’s settlement gives teens the option to pick a non-algorithmic feed and turn off autoplay but, unlike in the legislation, it’s not mandatory.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
Apple and the DOJ are discussing a potential settlement before the case goes to trial, according to a July report from Bloomberg.
From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026
I look at way too many trees for a settlement that can’t have more than fifty people in it.
From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness
By their nature, lawsuits and settlements are public, but the enforcement division didn’t speak publicly about its actions apart from its filings.
From Salon ● Sep. 1, 2026
"All the settlements near the river were swept away," resident Buddhi Ram Dangol told AFP in Nepal's Nuwakot district.
From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026
Law Group, which had filed roughly one-quarter of what were then 11,000 claims vying for settlements, the paper reported.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
Edison is offering settlements to victims of the Eaton fire.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
They engaged in regular long-distance trade with Fiji and Samoa, established Tongan settlements in Fiji, and began to raid and conquer parts of Fiji.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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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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