settlings
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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Beyond Syria and Iraq, Voronkov said regional affiliates of IS “continued to expand at an unsettling scale and pace, partly enabled by the proliferation of conventional arms and weapons, especially in fragile conflict settlings.”
From Seattle Times
In such cases, pilots know to turn off automatic engine settlings and control thrust manually.
From Reuters
Bubeyev’s defense claimed that the privacy settlings on his account made the articles he shared available only to him and his 12 friends.
From Washington Times
Typically they have been gangland settlings of scores.
From BBC
The urine was dark and slimy, reddish, slightly acid, and had at the bottom of the bottle brick-dust settlings.
From Project Gutenberg
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