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Discover LudwigThe phrase "settled the debate" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It typically means that someone or something brought an end to or resolved a disagreement or argument. Example: The detailed research and evidence presented by the expert witnesses settled the debate over the defendant's guilt.
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But that has by no means settled the debate.
The ruling has not settled the debate over whether her breakthrough was real, though.
Today, however, Obama's election has largely settled the debate over Bush and Iraq.
However, he insisted that the recovery had not, "settled the debate" over the right fiscal policy.
As a leading advocate of the recent African origin, in contrast to the multiregional model, did you believe this settled the debate?
The election and recent Gallup polls settled the debate about whether an increase in revenues will be part of the plan.
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Now a team of researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles, may have settled the debate--and quite by accident.
Now Ms Kroes can settle the debate.
Only time will settle the debate.
Not surprisingly, the article didn't settle the debate.
In most countries, that was enough to settle the debate.
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