as in deciding
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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The rigidity of that system is one of the reasons Liu quit the sport at 16, before deciding to return, on her own terms, two years later.—
Alice Park,
Time,
22 Feb. 2026 -
But officials held off on deciding whether to open schools Monday for the time being.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
22 Feb. 2026
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Investigators are still determining why the substation was targeted.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
21 Feb. 2026
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InsureandGo set out to put some debate to rest by determining the world’s most authentic destinations for discerning travelers.—
Lydia Price,
Travel + Leisure,
20 Feb. 2026
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Across neighborhoods in San Francisco, Larkspur, the Tahoe basin and beyond, the loss is settling in — at dinner tables, in school drop-offs and along a mountainside waiting for the weather to shift.—
Julia Prodis Sulek,
Mercury News,
21 Feb. 2026
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Robert Zubrin, who has thought more about settling Mars than perhaps anyone alive today, thinks that Martian children would have to work a lot more than most kids do on Earth these days.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 Feb. 2026
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Leiomy is one of the most prominent ballroom faces worldwide, especially after judging the HBO Max competition show Legendary.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
24 Feb. 2026
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Megan is clearly loving the color, and judging by all the heart-eye emojis in her Instagram comments, the rest of the world is too!—
Kara Nesvig,
Allure,
23 Feb. 2026
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The strategy, attorneys said, allows the government to avoid adjudicating the merits of immigration cases entirely.—
Ben Fenwick,
Oklahoma Watch,
13 Feb. 2026
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The year is 2029 — not very far into the future, yet within its vision of what might lie in store for us in our future, our legal system is turned upside down, in favor of Artificial Intelligence adjudicating the outcome.—
Jan Wagner,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Adjudging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adjudging. Accessed 28 Feb. 2026.
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