Thesaurus results for SETTLEMENTS

settlements

noun

plural of settlement

as in agreements

an arrangement about action to be taken eventually reached a peace settlement

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Recent Examples of settlements The United Kingdom’s top diplomat warned companies against violating international law by helping to build Israeli settlements in the West Bank. — ABC News, 19 Oct. 2026 The grave dates to a period when people were transitioning from hunting and gathering to living in permanent settlements, farming and raising livestock, according to officials. — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026 The Binyamin Regional Council, an Israeli governmental body responsible for settlements in the area of the clashes, said the Palestinian Authority had sent activists to deliberately provoke residents of the Israeli settlement outpost near Abu Falah. — Dov Lieber, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026 Show me the money One place where the comparison with tobacco is actually quite apt is in relation to the money from lawsuit settlements. — Ari Lightman, The Conversation, 16 Oct. 2026 Israeli settler violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank has surged, with at least 170 attacks since September 27, around the start of the annual olive harvest, according to Yesh Din, an Israeli settlements monitoring group. — Reuters, NBC news, 16 Oct. 2026 As Zack has reported, settlements and settler violence are both intentional tactics, serving to force more Palestinians off their land, isolate the ones who stay, and push any potential two-state solution further out of reach. — Cameron Peters, Vox, 16 Oct. 2026 The settlements came ahead of a trial that was scheduled to start this week in state District Court in San Antonio. — Patrick Danner, San Antonio Express-News, 15 Oct. 2026 Ecobank agreed a partnership with China’s payment system to enable transaction settlements in the yuan currency. — Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 12 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for settlements

Noun

Its treaties and agreements focus on preserving the peaceful, safe, and sustainable use of outer space, preventing collisions, managing space debris, and ensuring responsible operations.

— David Zamora, Space.com, 23 Oct. 2026
Penalties, consent agreements and decrees have not deterred Meta from using deceptive trade practices.

— Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of agreements

Noun

The United States’ network of defense pacts is poised to get stronger as its allies get stronger, but only if rebalancing occurs with consent, foresight, and respectful treatment of partners.

— Charles Kupchan, Foreign Affairs, 19 Oct. 2026
Under the co-exclusive pacts, all five seasons of Orphan Black are now available to stream on HBO Max and Peacock.

— Denise Petski, Deadline, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of pacts

Noun

For the past 15 years, Ishmael Butler and his cast of collaborators have drifted further and further into the outer reaches, deconstructing and reassembling hip-hop, jazz, and kosmische conventions into sprawling, proggy rhapsodies.

— Dash Lewis, Pitchfork, 23 Oct. 2026
To keep the inventory fresh, Sean travels to industry conventions, including the Halloween & Party Expo, to see what’s new and decide what to bring back to Charlotte.

— Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 20 Oct. 2026