as in to decide
to give an opinion about (something at issue or in dispute)
when we asked the salesclerk to adjudicate our disagreement, she agreed with me that the white shoes looked better
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Recent Examples of adjudicate
Many of the characters seek the help of some kind of outside authority to adjudicate their neighbor disputes.
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Tyler Foggatt, New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2026
In recent years, a majority of these cases, once they were adjudicated, were dismissed.
—Nicole Santa Cruz, ProPublica, 4 Mar. 2026
For them, Mauritius’s maneuvers to adjudicate the status of the Chagos islands despite British objections offer a thrilling glimpse of a better future.
—David Frum, The Atlantic, 2 Mar. 2026
All incidents were self-reported to the JRCI, which cannot independently investigate or adjudicate them.
—Shira Li Bartov, Sun Sentinel, 2 Mar. 2026
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Tyler Foggatt, New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2026
In recent years, a majority of these cases, once they were adjudicated, were dismissed.
—Nicole Santa Cruz, ProPublica, 4 Mar. 2026
For them, Mauritius’s maneuvers to adjudicate the status of the Chagos islands despite British objections offer a thrilling glimpse of a better future.
—David Frum, The Atlantic, 2 Mar. 2026
All incidents were self-reported to the JRCI, which cannot independently investigate or adjudicate them.
—Shira Li Bartov, Sun Sentinel, 2 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for adjudicate
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Jenkins is on a road trip back to Yuba City and decided to grab some food.—
Carmela Karcher,
CBS News,
21 Mar. 2026
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The club’s decision makers will meet this weekend to decide on the club’s final few roster spots, but there are still a few days left for players to make a last impression.—
Mitch Bannon,
New York Times,
21 Mar. 2026
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After the overnight speculative panic from a fortnight ago that shot oil prices across the board to nearly $120 per barrel in the early premarket trading hours of March 9, oil prices quickly settled back down to $100.—
Tiana Lowe Doescher,
The Washington Examiner,
20 Mar. 2026
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After admittedly chasing stats, which led to some early-season struggles, Simmons settled into the defensive end possession and blossomed into one of the SEC’s most prolific sack masters.—
Cedric Golden,
Austin American Statesman,
20 Mar. 2026
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Future meetings are yet to be determined.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
22 Mar. 2026
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Here is a closer look at what's at stake for Netanyahu, and how the wars with Iran and Hezbollah could help determine his fate.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
22 Mar. 2026
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In 2022, however, SeaWorld allegedly refused to pay Sesame Workshop millions of dollars in royalties for the Sesame Place park in Langhorne, Pennsylvania, forcing Sesame Workshop to arbitrate the claim, according to the lawsuit.—
Isabel Yip,
NBC news,
13 Mar. 2026
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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
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The lineup is curated by a group of 37 co-curators and more than 80 jurors from across the music industry to help pick and judge the lineup.—
Annie Harrigan,
Billboard,
19 Mar. 2026
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Performance is judged primarily by output, with less emphasis on the number of hours logged behind a screen.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
19 Mar. 2026
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The crossbar, the tip of Dan Ndoye’s heel being adjudged to be offside, and a familiar brand of wasteful finishing all combined, in frustrating fashion, to ensure one more blank was added to that tally in this 0-0 draw with Fulham.—
Paul Taylor,
New York Times,
16 Mar. 2026
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Thiago got his double from the spot with nine minutes remaining after Crysencio Summerville was adjudged to have pushed Michael Kayode.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
9 Mar. 2026
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“Adjudicate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adjudicate. Accessed 25 Mar. 2026.
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