judgment call

noun

|Updated on: 18 Jun 2018

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Definition of judgment call

: a subjective decision, ruling, or opinion

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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 of judgment call from the Web

The plan doesn’t really make a judgment call on which route the county should take but provides flexibility, Willis said.

— emily k. coleman, Lake County News-Sun, "With lawsuits already filed over Zion landfill odor, residents wary of possible expansion," 7 June 2018
For men between 55 and 69, the evolution of both knowledge and medical practice have made the question of whether to get the PSA test a potentially complex judgment call.

— melissa healy, latimes.com, "Experts have new advice on prostate cancer screening. Here's why they put it back on the table," 8 May 2018
Designing a street includes an enormous number of judgment calls, having to do with questions of space, time, and information.

— steven higashide, The Atlantic, "The Design Bible That Changed How Americans Bike in Cities," 1 Mar. 2018
In Black’s first season, the Padres came within a judgment call of extending a wild-card tiebreaker game here.

— dennis lin, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Rockies celebrate 2007 team with reunion, win over Padres," 15 Sep. 2017
These are not endorsed by the competition committee, which always has been against making judgment calls by the on-field officials reviewable, and are thus highly unlikely to be approved.

— mark maske, chicagotribune.com, "A new NFL catch rule faces one final obstacle at this week's NFL owners meeting," 25 Mar. 2018
There are judgment calls, always, but — forgetting plans?

— carolyn hax, idahostatesman, "It’s a red flag if your boyfriend never admits fault | Idaho Statesman," 8 Mar. 2018
And the ancestry companies have to make judgment calls.

— gisele grayson, Washington Post, "My Grandmother Was Italian. Why Aren’t My Genes Italian?," 29 Jan. 2018
Asking, or expecting, educators to make the difficult judgment call and have the expertise to shoot an intruder is completely unacceptable.

— BostonGlobe.com, "Is arming teachers a good way to improve school safety?," 23 Mar. 2018

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