settle
verb (used with object)
to appoint, fix, or resolve definitely and conclusively; agree upon (as time, price, or conditions).
has been settling
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present perfect progressiveof settle (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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The company has been settling its labor lawsuits.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 10, 2019
Her top priority has been settling in 11-year-old son Barron - the first boy in the White House since John F. Kennedy Jr. more than 50 years ago.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 26, 2017
The rest of the family has been settling in as well.
From Slate ● Jun. 5, 2016
Last summer the Italian club were unable to resist a €30m offer from Paris Saint-Germain, where he has been settling in alongside Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 21, 2012
But the fact remains that Eve certainly regretted it, and Adam, one would suppose, must have, for he has been settling dressmaker's accounts ever since!
From Margarita's Soul The Romantic Recollections of a Man of Fifty by J. Scott (John Scott) Williams
