adjudged

verb

past tense of adjudge
as in decided
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 adjudged Antoine Griezmann, France vs Croatia, 2018 Griezmann restores France’s lead with a penalty after Ivan Perisic was adjudged to have handled in the box. — Adam Hurrey, New York Times, 17 July 2026 Tampa Bay Lightning forward Nikita Kucherov won the Hart Trophy as the NHL player adjudged to be the most valuable to his team, marking the second such honor of his career after also winning the award in 2019. — Mercury News, 12 June 2026 Tels turned villain 24 minutes later when his high foot was adjudged to have made contact with Ethan Ampadu’s head. — ABC News, 11 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for adjudged
  1. decided
  2. determined
  3. judged
  4. settled
  5. adjudicated
  6. considered
  7. resolved
  8. arbitrated
Verb
  • Oak Park and Evanston have decided to end their Flock contracts.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Sep. 2026
  • After sunsetting their decades-long careers in the aerospace industry, brothers Jerry and Peter Wong decided to add a bit of magic to their lives by working at Disney.
    — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of decided
Verb
  • The airport authority voted 6-0 to rename the airport, but said the final name will be determined at a later date.
    — Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Its evolution and that of the surrounding estate have been determined by border disputes between papal states and grand duchies, by World Wars, and, in the second half of the 20th century, by brute economics, industrialization, and urbanization.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of determined
Verb
  • The implication is that Jaissle will not be decisively judged on how his team performs this season.
    — Chris Waugh, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • The great leaders understand that their vision will be judged entirely by its execution, and their execution will only matter if the vision was worth executing.
    — Larry Bomback, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of judged
Verb
  • In the 10th game, with Paul serving at 4-5, Alcaraz settled into his goldilocks zone, about eight feet behind the baseline.
    — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • No nominations are going to be awarded this time, since that's already been settled by primary contests.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of settled
Verb
  • It is intended to be adjudicated quickly because a person’s liberty is at stake.
    — Carla Astudillo, ProPublica, 3 Sep. 2026
  • In cases where the visa holder has an active asylum application, the claim will have to be adjudicated and denied before removal proceedings can move forward.
    — Shannon K. Kingston, ABC News, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of adjudicated
Verb
  • Things like remaining schedule and other factors are considered, along with the team itself.
    — Saad Yousuf, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • The average age of those planes is 30 years, not considered much older than the average age of Amazon’s entire fleet, which is nearly 27 years.
    — Miami Herald Staff, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of considered
Verb
  • Salah’s future was not resolved until March, by which time Semenyo had joined Manchester City and hit the ground running.
    — James Pearce, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • But then Godzilla re-emerged, and Kōichi resolved to die fighting the monster to atone for Odo Island.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of resolved
Verb
  • Any such controversy or claim shall be arbitrated on an individual basis and shall not be consolidated in any arbitration with any claim or controversy of any other party.
    — CBS News Philadelphia Staff, CBS News, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Alleged violations of these treaties are arbitrated through the Investor State Dispute Settlement system (ISDS), which has turned out to be a boon for fossil asset owners.
    — JESSICA F. GREEN, Foreign Affairs, 7 Nov. 2025
Definition of arbitrated

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