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settlement

[set-l-muhnt] / ˈsɛt l mənt /




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This may reflect a shift in settlement strategies.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026

But as originally proposed, it is likely most other workers will have to live and work in the UK for 10 years before being eligible for permanent settlement.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

No ruling or settlement has been reached on the matter.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

That settlement came just a day after Mosseri testified, and before Zuckerberg had been called to the stand.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

Although the reservation’s capital then seemed a small, squalid place—a “muddy little trading post,” as one visitor described it—it was likely the biggest settlement Mollie had ever seen.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

These communities often constructed fortified sites, and strategically located settlements controlling surrounding territories.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026

To the north is the world-renowned Annapurna trekking region that has also seen a major increase in settlements along river banks - some hit by recent floods and landslides.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

The trial could produce one of the largest divorce settlements in history.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

But she doubted whether a different future prime minister would ultimately question settlements themselves.

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026

The wind whistled over the settlements in the afternoon, and the farmers began to set out mile-long windbreaks of eucalyptus to keep the plowed topsoil from blowing away.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck


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