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settle in

British

verb

(adverb) to become or help to become adapted to and at ease in a new home, environment, etc

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Barr and Waller don’t even wait for the new Federal Reserve Chair to settle in.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

Deciding to rent first allows you to settle in slowly, let the early enthusiasm pass and put yourself in a position to make clearheaded decisions.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 24, 2026

These particles eventually settle in distant and isolated locations.

From Science Daily • Apr. 24, 2026

Investors may be waiting longer than that for the dust to settle in software, though.

From Barron's • Apr. 23, 2026

The dockyard was vast and isolated—the ideal place for, say, a renegade god and his horde of demons to settle in.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda

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