The agreement settled all outstanding civil lawsuits against the archdiocese.

The agreement, reached on Feb. 23, settled 15 lawsuits brought by the city.

And this agreement should settle that question for once and all.

The agreement settles an issue that has long been a point of friction between the two countries.

The agreement settled political dispute of the Church in Poland.

The agreement settled the last big single-industry dispute pending between the countries.

The agreement settled only a part of the Government's antitrust case against the software giant.

To be sure, agreement to the format now by the Clinton campaign would not settle the issue.

The agreement settled investigations by attorneys general in more than two dozen states.

However, the agreement did not settle all issues between the Vatican and the Israeli government.