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
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.
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Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 17 Aug. 2025
Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 17 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for adjudicates
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That’s if his county decides to enact a sales tax, the proceeds of which would have to be applied to homeowner property tax credits.—
Meghan O'Brien,
States Newsroom,
27 Feb. 2026
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Under Arizona rules, the person who claims the prize is the person who signs the ticket, but if the court decides the ticket legally belongs to Circle K, the company could argue that it be awarded the prize.—
Miguel Torres,
AZCentral.com,
27 Feb. 2026
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But according to Vana, Amazon determines the order of search results using a formula that considers many factors, including the number of reviews and the average rating — suggesting that more reviews and higher ratings help get a seller's products placed higher in search results.—
James Doubek,
NPR,
26 Feb. 2026
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The company, in consultation with the seller and their agent and after a home inspection, determines a fair selling price.—
Lew Sichelman,
Miami Herald,
26 Feb. 2026
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And while the first half of this season felt overstuffed with subplots, its second half settles more evenly into all of them, including the woes and romances of both London’s elite and its more lower-class members.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
26 Feb. 2026
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Over time, that greasy film that settles on your wood cabinets can trap dirt and dust, making the buildup hard to remove.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
25 Feb. 2026
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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
Verb
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When smearing peanut butter on bread, the robot watches the knife deflect down and crush the bread and judges forces from that.—
Deni Ellis Béchard,
Scientific American,
2 Mar. 2026
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But Herzog never judges or condescends to Treadwell, even if his involvement in documenting the fallout becomes increasingly complicated.—
Eric Farwell,
Entertainment Weekly,
21 Feb. 2026
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