How to Use out-of-court settlement in a Sentence

out-of-court settlement

noun
  • The sides reached an out-of-court settlement last year.
    — Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 25 Feb. 2025
  • The 19-year NBA vet was held in contempt of court and agreed to another out-of-court settlement.
    — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 18 Feb. 2023
  • In 2019, Retton reached an out-of-court settlement with Biomet.
    — Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 1 Feb. 2024
  • The two reached an out-of-court settlement in February 2022.
    — Kc Baker, People.com, 2 May 2025
  • Unlike the out-of-court settlement with George Pino, his wife agreed to a consent agreement to pay the $16 million.
    — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 3 May 2024
  • Unlike the out-of-court settlement with George Pino, his wife agreed to a consent agreement to pay the $16 million.
    — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
  • The two reached an out-of-court settlement in February 2022 of an undisclosed amount.
    — Kc Baker, People.com, 5 Apr. 2025
  • An out-of-court settlement for an undisclosed amount was reached the following month.
    — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 8 Apr. 2024
  • An out-of-court settlement for an undisclosed amount was reached the following month.
    — Stephanie Petit, Peoplemag, 21 Aug. 2023
  • The suit was dismissed this year following an out-of-court settlement.
    — Tyler Kingkade, NBC News, 21 Sep. 2023
  • A couple of weeks ago Watson reached an out-of-court settlement with the accuser.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 20 Oct. 2024
  • About a month later, Andrew and Giuffree reached an out-of-court settlement.
    — Marisa Sullivan, Peoplemag, 20 Apr. 2023
  • An out-of-court settlement for an undisclosed amount was reached in February.
    — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 12 Feb. 2024
  • An out-of-court settlement for an undisclosed amount was reached in February.
    — Stephanie Petit, Peoplemag, 25 Dec. 2023
  • An out-of-court settlement for an undisclosed sum was reached that February.
    — Janine Henni, People.com, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Tinsley denied the allegations and reached an out-of-court settlement with Frost-Winn in June 2019.
    — Evan Rosen, New York Daily News, 26 June 2024
  • When the dispute was abruptly resolved with an out-of-court settlement at the last moment, Widow No. 1 had triumphed.
    — Frank Rich, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2025
  • But if there were to be an out-of-court settlement, the deal would need to include the retraction plus a payout larger than the massive sum that Dominion got.
    — Marshall Cohen, CNN, 20 Apr. 2023
  • After suing Estée Lauder for their firings, the artists reached an out-of-court settlement.
    — Gabriela Riccardi, Quartz, 26 May 2023
  • The film overcame an injunction with an out-of-court settlement and released on schedule on Wednesday.
    — Patrick Frater, Variety, 1 Oct. 2023
  • The filmmaker and Amazon reached an out-of-court settlement in November 2019.
    — Jordan Hoffman, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Feb. 2024
  • In February 2022, Andrew agreed to an out-of-court settlement with Roberts by paying an undisclosed sum of money.
    — Martha Ross, Mercury News, 1 Apr. 2025
  • However, defamation cases like these are often resolved, even at the last minute, with an out-of-court settlement.
    — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 12 Sep. 2024
  • Terms of the out-of-court settlement, which was made public in a court filing, weren’t immediately available.
    — Tierney Sneed, CNN, 5 Sep. 2023
  • Matsumoto appealed and in 2003 arrived at an out-of-court settlement with Nishizaki in which both agreed to being co-authors.
    — Mark Schilling, Variety, 20 Feb. 2023
  • In February 2022, Andrew agreed to an out-of-court settlement with Giuffre by paying an undisclosed sum of money.
    — Martha Ross, Mercury News, 2 Apr. 2025
  • Court records show the claimant is in out-of-court settlement discussions with CoreCivic, which had previously denied all the allegations in the suit.
    — Thomas Brewster, Forbes, 29 Jan. 2025
  • If there isn’t an out-of-court settlement, which is common in defamation cases, the trial is on track to potentially begin in summer 2026.
    — Marshall Cohen, CNN Money, 17 Apr. 2025
  • The lawsuit is still in the discovery phase but could head to trial later this year, unless there is an out-of-court settlement, as is common in media defamation cases.
    — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 10 Jan. 2025
  • At the time, Fox’s negotiators were entering discussions about an out-of-court settlement ahead of the swearing in of what was shaping up to be a diverse jury.
    — Jim Rutenberg, New York Times, 2 May 2023

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