adjudicating

verb

present participle of adjudicate
as in deciding
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 adjudicating These are issues that even courts can have trouble adjudicating in the best circumstances. — Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 2 Nov. 2026 The states likewise argued that the board does not raise First Amendment concerns, arguing that the deal will not put the court in the position of adjudicating news judgments. — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 28 Sep. 2026 City attorneys argued that the city’s long-standing practice of adjudicating those cases by the Chicago Police Board should remain in place. — Sam Charles, Chicago Tribune, 24 Sep. 2026 For the tech bros who have been given the power to make policy will soon algorithmicize everything left, stripping even the token human intermediary from the process of adjudicating care. — Elizabeth Nicholas, Vanity Fair, 9 Sep. 2026 Kulkarni said their current priorities are to keep Bondonga from being relocated and adjudicating her green card application while also pushing her team's habeas corpus application forward, attempting to prove her detention unlawful. — Ruby Grisin, Louisville Courier Journal, 2 Sep. 2026 The Justices’ daily business involves resolving ambiguities, clarifying jurisdiction, harmonizing conflicting statutes, and adjudicating conflicts in special jurisdictions. — Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026 The World Trade Organization carries on adjudicating trade disputes, despite a surge in protectionism. — Mark Leonard, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026 The office added that all judges have a legal, ethical and professional obligation to be impartial and neutral in adjudicating cases. — Christopher Cann, USA Today, 16 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for adjudicating
  1. deciding
  2. determining
  3. settling
  4. judging
  5. arbitrating
  6. resolving
Verb
  • People are finding little ways to be whimsical by taking up crafts, going to pottery classes, picking up analogue hobbies, or bedazzling their plastic sippers and deciding that counts.
    — Sonal Nain, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Nov. 2026
  • Wickliffe has become Cleveland’s version of the Rams’ Aaron Donald as far as deciding to return to the football field at the last minute and test himself.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2026
Definition of deciding
Verb
  • Public voting accounts for 10% of the final decision, with a selection panel determining the winner.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 11 Nov. 2026
  • Alongside Peter, Monahan began to rethink the modeling of his sculpture, with artist and patron determining the distance and grade of the slope by walking away from each other.
    — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of determining
Verb
  • Even before settling in Windsor, Harry and Meghan lived at Nottingham Cottage, within the Kensington Palace complex.
    — Stefania Conrieri, Vanity Fair, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Installing a garden fence or covering your garden during the winter can help discourage them from settling there.
    — Abby Monteil, The Spruce, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of settling
Verb
  • Give the question a little more time before judging your ability.
    — Tarot.com, Chicago Tribune, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Buyers are judging firms with less contact, just as surface signals mean the least.
    — Tobias Fischer, Forbes.com, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of judging
Verb
  • The planned center for arbitrating investment and commercial disputes, for example, will sit within the Syrian Investment Authority, which is itself attached to the presidency.
    — Jesse Marks, Foreign Affairs, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Plaintiffs attorneys, legislators and patients say Kaiser’s private and confidential process for arbitrating legal disputes over medical care still has key flaws that favor Kaiser over patients bringing malpractice cases.
    — Melody Petersen, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026
Definition of arbitrating
Verb
  • The letter warns that any attempt by Alterra to stop paying rent or abandon the premises without resolving its contractual obligations would be vigorously contested.
    — Brian Maass, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Meanwhile, a dedicated decompression room — inaugurated last year as part of a broader festival focus on mental health — will be bolstered by an Agora discussion on the importance of resolving conflict in creative collaborations.
    — Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of resolving

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