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settling

[set-ling, -l-ing] / ˈsɛt lɪŋ, -l ɪŋ /
ADJECTIVE
compensating
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Like the bank’s other top executives, Combs, who had also been CEO of Berkshire’s Geico insurance unit, is still settling into his new office on the 47th floor of JPMorgan’s new Manhattan headquarters.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

After his father’s baseball career was cut short due to an injury, Russell and his family moved to Florida before eventually settling down in California, where his father pursued an acting career.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 26, 2026

Or are both sides settling in for a costly, protracted war that will keep energy prices high, affecting the whole world right through the summer?

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

He traveled around the American Southwest—San Diego, Austin—before settling on Albuquerque, where he had a family friend.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

“I have found your missing ghost,” he sent to the attic in a sigh of settling timbers.

From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland