Examples of judgment call in a Sentence

The rules aren't clear in this case, so officials are required to make a judgment call.

Recent Examples on the Web Determining good cause is a judgment call that varies according to who’s making it. — Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2022 For example, the aforementioned Secretary Hobby made a judgment call to expedite the approval of a polio vaccine, directly contributing to what may be one of the most important legacies of the Eisenhower administration. — Radu Magdin, Forbes, 25 Apr. 2022 Decades of research on school discipline has shown that when a judgment call is involved — such as whether to ticket someone for disorderly conduct for being disruptive or profane — students of color are disciplined more severely. — Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 6 May 2022 Many parents will want to test in that situation—t’s a judgment call. — Tara Haelle, Wired, 5 Mar. 2022 Madison, who has guided more than 70 clients to the summit of Everest, believed that the threat of a lawsuit over a judgment call for safety was beyond the pale. — Frederick Reimers, Outside Online, 30 Dec. 2021 Guzman Aceves described targeting a 10-year payback period as a judgment call. — Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2021 The somewhat gray aspect of whether to turn on your headlights when there is a modicum of natural light still available or emerging is one that drivers make a judgment call about. — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2022 This test requires you to make a personal judgment call, but my research has found that the most effective goals are going to fall somewhere around Choice 4. — Mark Murphy, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2021 See More

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