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
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Richard Brown of Hartford, who represents Theodoss, said administrators and teachers have to make judgment calls every day.
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Now, the unforced error is a judgment call, with a healthy gray area.
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The plan doesn’t really make a judgment call on which route the county should take but provides flexibility, Willis said.
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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.
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Designing a street includes an enormous number of judgment calls, having to do with questions of space, time, and information.
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In Black’s first season, the Padres came within a judgment call of extending a wild-card tiebreaker game here.
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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.
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There are judgment calls, always, but — forgetting plans?
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First Known Use of judgment call
1847
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Definition of judgment call for English Language Learners
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: a decision that is based on your opinion
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