settlement
Example Sentences
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The company has previously attempted to resolve the litigation through a bankruptcy settlement, but those efforts have been rebuffed by courts.
On the battlefield in the east, Russia's army claimed to have captured settlements in the Kharkiv and Dnipropetrovsk regions, in a grinding advance that has accelerated in recent weeks.
From Barron's
As antitrust chief, he moved in 2019 to scrap a series of 70-year-old settlements, known as the Paramount Decrees, that restricted how movie studios were allowed to distribute films through movie theaters.
Jenny's case was never solved due to corruption within the Met Police, but after hiring a lawyer she did receive an apology and "tens of thousands of pounds" as a settlement.
From BBC
Finding a story beyond trial testimony was difficult, but my Dec. 15 story predicting a settlement and explaining the secretive, outsized influence of the Angels’ insurance companies met the challenge.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
