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settling

[ set-ling, -l-ing ]

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noun

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late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; settle ¹, -ing ¹

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One in which, through years of settling, as Isabel Wilkerson notes, reveals the cracks and rot beneath the surface.

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At low tide, the lower Charles, including the area near Kendall Square, became a settling ground for sewage.

Plans began for the settling of the still undeveloped part of northern Manhattan.

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The settling down of productions into this new normal was especially advantageous since production volume appears to have only ramped up.

The moment of new life is not the time for the settling of old scores.

The stench of corruption is settling over world soccer like a poisonous fog, and players are paying the price.

She walked for two days before settling into a makeshift camp.

For one thing, we are likely to see people settling in areas depending on their class status.

We loved Zellweger as Bridget Jones for owning her weight, finding love, and never settling for less than she deserved.

They drove through France before settling in Spain, where they rented rooms in a hostel in Malaga.

It is no good settling down in a world that, on its part, refuses to do anything of the sort.

The board will appoint a settling agent who shall keep the necessary records and accounts.

On May 13, in a speech which charmed the House, Mr. Townshend opened his plan for settling the colonial question.

"Stiff and cold," said Dorothy, her teeth chattering in her head, and a deeper pallor settling on her face.

From this description I have little hesitation in settling Cape Leveque to be the point he passed round.

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