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The phrase "always settle for" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when expressing a willingness to accept something that may not be ideal or the best option available.
Example: "In life, you should never always settle for mediocrity; strive for excellence in everything you do."
Alternatives: "never accept less than" or "always aim for more than".
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They don't have to always settle for suboptimal.
But "The March of Time" didn't always settle for actors: sometimes, Dr. Fielding said, the actual newsmakers involved would recreate their newsmaking moments for de Rochemont's cameras.
The trouble is that the compassionists always settle for second best - a representative republic of understanding care, instead of a direct democracy.
If you don't feel up to the challenge of Coteaux-du-Vendômois, where some delightfully peppery pineau d'Aunis is made, you can always settle for Sancerre, Chinon, Muscadet or Beaujolais.
When your TV and computer won't turn on, you can always settle for a entertainment on the radio waves.
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"I have said myself, for a long time, we have always settled for too little.
I'm no longer in the market for a boy toy, because if I'm going to be spending a significant amount of time with someone, I want him to be so much more than what I've always settled for.
Pop has room for weird appropriations, even if they don't always settle or become comfortable.
"We could always settle".
You can always settle complicated matters afterward.
She'd call her A. & P. for an order and always had to settle for something she really didn't want.
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