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settle in

verb

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

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Shizuru and colleagues have designed a safer, less intense way to prepare people with non-cancerous conditions such as Type 1 diabetes for donor blood stem cell transplantation, reducing bone marrow activity just enough to let donor blood stem cells settle in and grow.

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Why do people choose to settle in cities, and what motivates them to leave?

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High-ranking military personnel from around the world settle in for an Esports exhibition match in London, as the UK Ministry of Defence and British Esports Federation launch a new partnership aimed at developing the "digital and cyber skills" of service personnel.

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She knew it was long past time for her to take the children inside to settle in their new, temporary quarters, to have supper and a bath and a bedtime read-aloud.

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Another common scenario would be for one person to settle in a more promising place and other family members to follow one by one.

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