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settling

[set-ling, -l-ing] / ˈsɛt lɪŋ, -l ɪŋ /
ADJECTIVE
compensating
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As I ambled past groups doing yoga and vacationing families lounging on the grass, pain started to radiate through my ankles and up my shinbones before settling uncomfortably in my hips.

From Slate • Jun. 5, 2026

Howe has ended up trialling four options up front, including summer signings Nick Woltemade and Yoane Wissa, before settling on William Osula for the final weeks of the campaign.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

Their findings suggest that after settling on a host, deer keds reduce investment in vision and redirect energy toward functions that are more important for life as a permanent parasite.

From Science Daily • Jun. 2, 2026

“If this resilience were confirmed in the current circumstance, the expected drag on aggregate demand might be insufficient to eliminate the growing risk of inflation settling above target over the medium term,” the account said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

He then travelled on the Continent for several years, before settling in London, where he became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in 1573.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin




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