adjudges

verb

present tense third-person singular of adjudge
as in decides
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 Synonyms for adjudges
  1. decides
  2. determines
  3. judges
  4. settles
  5. adjudicates
Verb
  • One of the kidnappers, Rodrigo (Humberto Busto), decides that the only way to escape getting caught is to kill Felipe.
    — Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 17 July 2026
  • Poseidon, upset that Odysseus blinded his son, the Cyclops Polyphemus, decides to make his return home difficult and long and wet.
    — Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 17 July 2026
Definition of decides
Verb
  • Morale often determines how teams respond to rising pressure.
    — Jennifer Lee, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
  • There should be no part of our educational system where a single test determines access to opportunity.
    — Meisha Porter, New York Daily News, 19 July 2026
Definition of determines
Verb
  • Which means Beijing is regulating what your fifteen-year-old does after dinner, behind a closed door, with an entity that never tires of them, never judges them, and never has a bad day of its own.
    — Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
  • But on the third day of qualifying for Wimbledon 2026, a power outage downed the electronic line-calling system that judges whether shots are in or out, causing matches across 18 courts to be suspended for over an hour.
    — Caoimhe O'Neill, New York Times, 25 June 2026
Definition of judges
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  • The alum attaches itself to pollutants, including algae, and creates a snowlike mixture that settles to the bottom of the facility’s pond.
    — Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 July 2026
  • While much of the album settles into the moody R&B Syd does so well, Beard also plays with Afropop, bossa nova, and ’80s synth-pop.
    — Kiana Mickles, Pitchfork, 17 July 2026
Definition of settles
Verb
  • Pfendler appears to have broken both the previous women's speed record as well as the men's speed record, according to records maintained by Ocean Rowing Society International, which adjudicates ocean-rowing achievements for Guinness World Records.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 July 2026
  • The speed at which the system adjudicates cases benefits deserving victims but also abets fraud.
    — Ike Brannon, New York Daily News, 19 Apr. 2026
Definition of adjudicates
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