as in to decide
to give an opinion about (something at issue or in dispute)
his version of what had happened was generally adjudged to be completely fictitious
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Recent Examples of adjudge
AfD firebrand Björn Höcke was last year adjudged to have overstepped that line.
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Alexander Smith, NBC News, 21 Feb. 2025
Jack Adams Award Given to the coach adjudged to have contributed the most to his team’s success.
—Sean Gentille, The Athletic, 18 Jan. 2025
Neither is skipping over the backup the Giants adjudged as a solid insurance policy if that happened.
—Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 18 Nov. 2024
The Matildas then had a goal disallowed by VAR as Heyman was adjudged to have fouled Musole, followed shortly by a hard free kick from Steph Catley that Musole was unable to hold on to, bringing the score to 5-4.
—Steph Yang, The Athletic, 28 July 2024
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Alexander Smith, NBC News, 21 Feb. 2025
Jack Adams Award Given to the coach adjudged to have contributed the most to his team’s success.
—Sean Gentille, The Athletic, 18 Jan. 2025
Neither is skipping over the backup the Giants adjudged as a solid insurance policy if that happened.
—Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 18 Nov. 2024
The Matildas then had a goal disallowed by VAR as Heyman was adjudged to have fouled Musole, followed shortly by a hard free kick from Steph Catley that Musole was unable to hold on to, bringing the score to 5-4.
—Steph Yang, The Athletic, 28 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for adjudge
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Always, along the chain of hectic audience gossip, there was one person who decided to nip in the bud the talk about a too iconoclastic Beckett, and the relay to the estate was stopped; someone—more than one someone—who decided that Matthew and his crazy dreams were worth shielding.—
Han Ong,
New Yorker,
22 June 2025
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After a fun evening at the amusement park, the family decided to set Cade free.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
22 June 2025
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Kyoto attracts 75 million annual visitors to its 1,000 Buddhist temples and was cited in 1.2 million online searches and 23 million hashtags, the study determined.—
Gary Stoller,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2025
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At the time, new vaccines for measles and polio had recently come online, and national health leaders felt the need for a regular panel of experts to determine how best to use these and other products to protect the public.—
Pien Huang,
NPR,
25 June 2025
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The unexpected matchup between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Indiana Pacers will be settled on Sunday, June 22 in Oklahoma City.—
Vitas Carosella,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2025
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Kurds make up some 10% of Iran’s population and are mostly settled along the borders with Iraq and Turkey.—
Nadeen Ebrahim,
CNN Money,
20 June 2025
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This is especially true for women whose bodies are constantly scrutinized and judged in a way men’s bodies aren’t.—
Jane Smiley
June 20,
Literary Hub,
20 June 2025
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Ratings would be a far better guide to judge interest in this team.—
Paul Tenorio,
New York Times,
20 June 2025
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By this point, the stewards already had a long list of incidents to adjudicate — and, because of the timing of Red Bull’s protest, the one that would decide the race result itself was at the bottom of the pile.—
Luke Smith,
New York Times,
19 June 2025
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The results are then adjudicated by the NFF Honors Court, which decides the final members of the class, which will be inducted in January of 2026.—
Lawrence Dow,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
2 June 2025
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Given his often conflicting obligations to cyberspace operations under Title 10 of the U.S. Code and signals intelligence under Title 50, he is compelled to arbitrate in favor of one or the other, rather than advocate on behalf of either side.—
James G. Stavridis,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Oct. 2013
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In May, Morris filed a lawsuit asking Tarrant County courts to force the Southlake megachurch to arbitrate a dispute about his retirement pay, the Star-Telegram previously reported.—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
13 June 2025
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“Adjudge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adjudge. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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