The phrase "appears to settle" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing a situation or condition that seems to reach a conclusion or resolution.
Example: "After much debate, the committee appears to settle on a final decision regarding the project."
Alternatives: "seems to conclude" or "looks to resolve".
The deal today also appears to settle a competition between two factions of the powerful Tsai family, one of the wealthiest and most influential families in Taiwan.
"In a way the writing begins in the 1890s, slides into the 1920s, appears to settle into a mid-20th-century existential landscape and lands finally right here today," Mr. Herskovits said.
A 3.4-million-year-old fossil foot found in Ethiopia appears to settle the long-disputed question of whether there was only a single line of hominins — species more closely related to humans than to chimpanzees — between four million and three million years ago.
Moreover, in the case of legal interpretation, Dworkin appears to settle for the argumentative social practice of law as the original to be interpreted (Dworkin 1986, p63).
The study, published in PLOS ONE on Wednesday, appears to settle concerns, simmering since the first states approved medical marijuana nearly two decades ago, that legalization would lead to more crime.
Clearly, Dnmt2 and Drosophila DNA methylation research has experienced a tumultuous 20 years, although new research appears to settle the question of the existence of DNA methylation in Drosophila (Takayama et al. 2014).
Weeks of worry that debt troubles in Europe could spread beyond Ireland appeared to settle somewhat.
That appeared to settle the matter; even Melvin could not disagree.
In the new courtroom, though, Justice Uviller appeared to settle in for business as usual.
After disjointed play in the first quarter, the Bulls appeared to settle in without Rose in the second.
On Tuesday, however, a federal appeals court in Manhattan appeared to settle a sizable chunk of the suit.
