adjuster
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Definition of adjuster
: one that adjusts especially : an insurance agent who investigates personal or property damage and makes estimates for effecting settlements
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Ray Farmer, director for the South Carolina Department of Insurance, and Bob Freitag, South Carolina insurance adjuster, discuss the problems residents will face. — Fox News, "FOX NEWS FIRST: Kavanaugh, Ford face the hot seat in Supreme battle; Kavanaugh a victim of mistaken identity?," 28 Sep. 2018 Within days, adjusters from a team that covers the area reported inspecting the Lexus and authorizing a series of payments totaling over $16,000. — David Ovalle, miamiherald, "One Lexus, 10 crashes, none real. Rogue adjusters in Miami scammed GEICO, police say," 10 July 2018 Both Broadhurst and Ray warn against bras that have metal adjusters on the top of your shoulders or front of the bra, which can dig painfully into the skin when a backpack’s on top. — Colleen Stinchcombe, SELF, "7 Tips for Packing All the Right Clothing for Your First Backpacking Trip," 24 Oct. 2018 Next, find the adjusters, which are often located somewhere on the headlight housing. — Anthony Alaniz, Popular Mechanics, "How to Adjust Your Headlights," 27 Sep. 2018 Jobs that are asocial and repetitive, such as fast-food preparers or insurance adjusters, are likely to be taken over in their entirety. — Kai-fu Lee, WSJ, "The Human Promise of the AI Revolution," 14 Sep. 2018 Bach said out-of-town insurance adjusters often fail to properly value homes in the San Francisco area. — Lorin Eleni Gill, The Seattle Times, "California wine country fires leave homeowners struggling," 27 Aug. 2018 Rummer and his wife Phyllis, now in their nineties, are fixtures of Oregon architectural history: In the 1950s, Robert Rummer was an insurance adjuster who dabbled in design. — Samantha Weiss Hills, Curbed, "A Portland couple trades in a farmhouse for their midcentury dream home," 27 Aug. 2018 The exact same Lexus, in fact, had been used to file at least 10 claims for phantom crashes, all signed off on by the same adjusters. — David Ovalle, miamiherald, "One Lexus, 10 crashes, none real. Rogue adjusters in Miami scammed GEICO, police say," 10 July 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'adjuster.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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