1
: one that rates
specifically
: a person who estimates or determines a rating
2
: one having a specified rating or class
—usually used in combination
first-rater
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The charity rater references Miami Herald and South Florida Sun Sentinel reporting as the reason for the warning.
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Miami Herald, 6 July 2025
Research conducted by Six Seconds reveals that 62% of the variance in performance reviews comes from the rater's tendencies, while only 21% reflects the actual employee's performance.
—Caroline Castrillon, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
Credit rating agency Moody’s, the last major credit rater to preserve triple-A status for U.S. sovereign debt, dropped its rating down to double-A last Friday after the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) put out cost estimates for the tax portion of the bill.
—Tobias Burns, The Hill, 24 May 2025
These reward models can fill in for the human raters, accelerating and broadening this fine-tuning process.
—Cal Newport, New Yorker, 3 June 2025
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Miami Herald, 6 July 2025
Research conducted by Six Seconds reveals that 62% of the variance in performance reviews comes from the rater's tendencies, while only 21% reflects the actual employee's performance.
—Caroline Castrillon, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
Credit rating agency Moody’s, the last major credit rater to preserve triple-A status for U.S. sovereign debt, dropped its rating down to double-A last Friday after the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) put out cost estimates for the tax portion of the bill.
—Tobias Burns, The Hill, 24 May 2025
These reward models can fill in for the human raters, accelerating and broadening this fine-tuning process.
—Cal Newport, New Yorker, 3 June 2025
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“Rater.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rater. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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