How to Use arbiter in a Sentence
arbiter
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And by the Supreme Court, of course, which tends to be the final arbiter of it all.
—Adam J. White, WSJ, 2 Sep. 2022
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Time is the arbiter of what works in a garden and what doesn’t.
—Maureen Gilmer, idahostatesman, 14 Feb. 2018
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The researchers don’t claim that magnetism is the arbiter of the fate of all worlds.
—Quanta Magazine, 7 June 2021
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The front row was well stocked with arbiters from both sides of the Atlantic.
—Nicole Phelps, Vogue, 15 Feb. 2018
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In most cases, the parents are the arbiters of which chicks remain in the nest.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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So far, the arbiters of the term have been white men of privilege, but so what?
—refinery29.com, 3 July 2018
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And the ultimate arbiter of what Disney can and can’t be is the fan, the viewer, the guest.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 10 Sep. 2022
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The judge is the arbiter between the government and the defendant.
—Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 22 Mar. 2022
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Cooking for the host, Alton Brown, who is the sole arbiter.
—Carlos Frías, miamiherald, 9 Mar. 2018
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The Supreme Court is already the final arbiter over ethics and the law in our system.
—Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Orange County Register, 4 Oct. 2024
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Users are always the rightful arbiters when the rules are fair.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
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Fans booed the arbiter; the video was viewed almost 4 million times.
—Gary Peterson, The Mercury News, 2 Aug. 2019
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Who will be the arbiter of which copies are closest to the original?
—Rick Prelinger, Wired, 20 Apr. 2021
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She was never trained as an actress, but her eye for style was honed among the sharpest arbiters of the day.
—Cindy Dampier, chicagotribune.com, 18 June 2018
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The world defers on this to the African Union, the continental arbiter.
—The Economist, 8 May 2021
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Also, when did Tori become the arbiter of The Challenge?
—Kyndall Cunningham, Vulture, 14 Jan. 2021
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For almost a decade now, the EU has been trying to convince the Swiss to accept an arbiter.
—Pieter Cleppe, National Review, 29 Oct. 2020
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But the Supreme Court’s role as arbiter in a series of election-year disputes has kept it in the spotlight.
—David Sivak, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 8 Sep. 2024
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In many ways, credit scores have become the arbiter of who gets to live the good life in America.
—Mya Frazier, New York Times, 7 June 2023
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But what’s very clear is that coaches aren’t equipped to be the sole arbiters of those decisions.
—Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 11 July 2023
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South Africa's forces therefore seem unlikely to be the arbiter of lasting peace in the DRC.
—Harriet Marsden, The Week Uk, theweek, 20 Feb. 2024
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Two years later, the arbiter sided with the city and actually raised the rent by $10 million over the life of the lease.
—Ron Kroichick, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 Sep. 2021
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But who died and made Google the ultimate arbiter of knowledge?
—Washington Post, 19 Oct. 2020
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Initially this is in state courts, but the U.S. Supreme Court is the ultimate arbiter.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 18 Jan. 2024
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There’s also the risk to legitimacy, to the idea of the courts as a neutral arbiter.
—Matt Ford, The New Republic, 18 Sep. 2019
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Many brands also said Walmart is the final arbiter of prices on its shelves.
—Juweek Adolphe, NPR, 14 Jan. 2025
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In the case of a stalemate, courts may ultimately have to serve as the final arbiter.
—NBC News, 21 Mar. 2021
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He was also known as an arbiter of taste and a branding guru.
—Vogue, 14 Dec. 2021
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But Scherer said the trust was established in a way that made the bank the final arbiter of investment strategy, not the Tribe.
—Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, 25 Mar. 2025
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The independent arbiter who heard the case did not take media reports into account.
—Jeff Zrebiec, The Athletic, 17 Feb. 2025
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