ADJUDICATE Synonyms: 30 Similar and Opposite Words

adjudicate

verb

ə-ˈjü-di-ˌkāt

as in to decide

to give an opinion about (something at issue or in dispute) when we asked the salesclerk to adjudicate our disagreement, she agreed with me that the white shoes looked better

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Recent Examples of adjudicate The commission also has a conflict of interest in adjudicating its own penalties, the complaint argues, since the money collected from those fines funds its own enforcement and other programs. —

Calmatters, Oc Register, 14 Jan. 2026 Conversely, if the Supreme Court rules in Cook’s favor or sends the case back to the lower courts to adjudicate the facts, Powell will be less vulnerable and more likely to stay on as a governor. —

Bill Dudley, Twin Cities, 14 Jan. 2026 Williams, who died late last year, is one of two plaintiffs who have died before their CVA cases were adjudicated. —

Luke Cyphers, Sportico.com, 14 Jan. 2026 These judges are also not exempt from the pressures from this administration to more quickly adjudicate cases and to streamline deportations. —

Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 13 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for adjudicate

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Most recently, in 1995, voters there only narrowly decided to remain.

— Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 30 Jan. 2026
Her parents pay for her apartment in a Brooklyn brownstone, and her biggest inconvenience seems to be that her sister has decided to live there, too — in the spare bedroom that’s not even in use.

— Ben Travers, IndieWire, 30 Jan. 2026