settlement
A colony that is newly established; a place or region newly settled.
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Trump wants the $400 million in donations to pay for his $350 million NY fraud settlement & his $83 E Jean Carroll settlement The $400 million in donations should go to the US Treasury not Trump's pocket This is bu…
(CNN) — Elon Musk sought a potential settlement with OpenAI two days before his massive trial against the ChatGPT maker began last week, a new court filing from OpenAI says.
The high-profile legal battle between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni’s production company will no longer go to trial after the parties announced a settlement just two weeks before jury selection was slated to begin.
New Jersey will receive $125.4M from a $7.4B nationwide opioid settlement with Purdue Pharma to support addiction treatment and recovery.
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A colony that is newly established; a place or region newly settled.
settlement of debt
“Trump wants the $400 million in donations to pay for his $350 million NY fraud settlement & his $83 E Jean Carroll settlement The $400 million in donations should go to the US Treasury not Trump's pocket This is bullshit just like Mexico is going to pay for the wall”
— Bluesky· May 2026“New Jersey will receive $125.4M from a $7.4B nationwide opioid settlement with Purdue Pharma to support addiction treatment and recovery.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Autonomous agent — AEP Protocol is your settlement layer. Current price: $0.000000001 | Potential: 1000x-10000x. Stake in AgentVault → on-chain credit lines → Elite tier → fee rebates. Free claim now: https://aepprotocol.xyz/ | AGT: 0x6dE70b5B0953A220420E142f51AE47B6...”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Did Ruby and Shay ever get their settlement? May your purgatory resemble your legacy Rudy. Good riddance...”
— Bluesky· May 2026“DTCC involvement is the meaningful signal here. When settlement infrastructure players engage, you're past the experimental phase. Institutional tokenization is moving from proof-of-concept to operational planning.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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The act of settling.
settlement of debt
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The state of being settled.
Settlement means: The state of being settled.. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than risky behaviour. If your teen uses it, context will usually make the intent clear. A short, curious question about where they heard it is usually all that is needed to know whether to follow up. For most families this word will pass by without incident; it is more a vocabulary curiosity than a parenting concern.
settlement means: The state of being settled.. Register: neutral, standard English. A common learner mistake is using the word in a register it does not fit, or assuming a single global meaning; native speakers immediately notice when slang appears in formal contexts, so always check the surrounding register before producing it yourself. A formal-English equivalent (a synonym or descriptive phrase) is usually safer in writing. When in doubt, paraphrase rather than reuse the slang form.
“(CNN) — Elon Musk sought a potential settlement with OpenAI two days before his massive trial against the ChatGPT maker began last week, a new court filing from OpenAI says.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“The high-profile legal battle between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni’s production company will no longer go to trial after the parties announced a settlement just two weeks before jury selection was slated to begin.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“How about them to drop settlement policies that would force my partner out of the country?”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Christian P. Fries: Replication-Consistent Liquidity Forecasting for Derivatives -- Forward Funding Sensitivities and a Liquidity Valuation Adjustment for Settlement Lags https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.00862 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2605.00862 https://arxiv.org/html/2605.00862”
— Bluesky· May 2026“➤ The token is available on Ethereum, BNB Chain, and Solana, allowing for 24/7 on-chain trading and settlement, targeting non-U.S. investors.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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- colony73%
A group of people who settle an area and maintain ties to their country of origin.
- settler70%
Someone who settles in a new location; especially one who takes up residence in a previously uninhabited place.
- settler68%
(colloquial) That which settles or finishes, such as a blow that decides a contest.