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settling

[set-ling, -l-ing] / ˈsɛt lɪŋ, -l ɪŋ /
ADJECTIVE
compensating
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That relationship takes physical form inside the Melrose Hill shop, unfolding through a two-part imagined landscape that evokes an alien presence settling into the familiarity of a suburban setting.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 11, 2026

Then, just three months later, the ask shot back up by more than $1 million, settling at $6.995 million, a move that Gaetjens and Wines explained was actually very carefully thought out.

From MarketWatch Sep. 9, 2026

Front-month Brent crude futures rose above $99, before settling at $97.92 a barrel.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 8, 2026

The Metropolitan Police has since paid her compensation after settling a civil claim over its handling of her original complaint, and acknowledged more should have been done to protect her.

From BBC Sep. 3, 2026

They circled each other playfully before settling to the right among a cluster of smaller stars, forming a new constellation just below Ursa Major—woman and her two children, forever reunited in the sky.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall




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