adjudicates

verb

present tense third-person singular of adjudicate
as in decides
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 adjudicates 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, 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 Guest Janine Kovac, in addition to being an author herself, adjudicates submissions for various residencies and is co-director of Litquake’s Lit Crawl. — Literary Hub, 16 Mar. 2026 Another member of his class, Omar Abdelmoity, serves on the university’s Academic Integrity Board, the body that adjudicates cases of cheating, with AI or otherwise. — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 17 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for adjudicates
  1. decides
  2. determines
  3. settles
  4. arbitrates
  5. judges
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  • Lacey hates this idea, but the group decides to go with showing mercy this time around.
    — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 11 July 2026
  • When design makes your information legible to an agent, data keeps it consistent everywhere the agent looks and policy decides what your own agent can do, your brand becomes reliable to deal with.
    — Firdosh Tangri, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
Definition of decides
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  • Sweet potatoes are also classified by their skin color – orange, white, or purple — which also determines their texture when cooked.
    — Asia London Palomba, The Spruce, 13 July 2026
  • Based on your salary, expenses, number of children and other factors, the school determines eligibility.
    — Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 13 July 2026
Definition of determines
Verb
  • Choose a soothing activity, maybe watercolor, music, cooking, or a quiet walk, and give it your full attention so your spirit settles.
    — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 5 July 2026
  • Merchants pay interchange on card payments and hold working balances that earn them nothing, and a coin that settles instantly, costs less to accept and, under Open USD’s model, pays them the yield on their balances answers both at once.
    — Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
Definition of settles
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  • Khalid Hamideh, a local attorney who has worked with the tribunal, said the group arbitrates in civil family matters as well as in contractual disputes.
    — Isabella Volmert, Dallas Morning News, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Much like the Basel Committee harmonizes bank capital standards, or the WTO arbitrates trade disputes, a global competition body could improve outcomes by monitoring what no single authority can.
    — Ugo Troiano, Oc Register, 29 Nov. 2025
Definition of arbitrates
Verb
  • 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
  • The order created an AI Litigation Task Force inside the DOJ, gave it until January 10 to stand up, and pointed it at any state rule the administration judges too heavy a burden on the technology.
    — Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 20 June 2026
Definition of judges

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