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as in referee
a person who impartially decides or resolves a dispute or controversy
since they seemed to be in a hopeless stalemate, both labor and management agreed to use an independent adjudicator to decide the terms of the contract
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as in judge
a public official having authority to decide questions of law
the appellate court refused to hear the case, thus allowing the judgment of previous adjudicators to stand
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Sometimes, referees failed to call a foul, sparking fan outrage.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
22 June 2025 -
New for some refs, too The NBA doesn’t announce referee assignments until game day, so it won’t be known until Sunday morning who the three-person crew is for Game 7.—
Tim Reynolds,
Los Angeles Times,
21 June 2025
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In September 2024, a state judge ruled that the ban was unconstitutional, but it was reinstated one week later by the Georgia Supreme Court.—
Mary Kekatos,
ABC News,
19 June 2025
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Though the advocate general’s proposal is non-binding, judges tend to follow four out of five such non-binding opinions.—
Ryan Browne,
CNBC,
19 June 2025
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Burns started Judge with a slider near the top of the zone that home plate umpire Mark Wegner called a ball, even though MLB’s GameDay showed the pitch easily inside the zone.—
C. Trent Rosecrans,
New York Times,
24 June 2025
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Schnall was ejected in the first inning after an argument with home plate umpire Angel Campos.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
23 June 2025
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Jeff Rogers, the 13th Judicial District prosecutor representing the state in the trial, said Wednesday that the defense requested the hearing be canceled because there were no issues requiring the court's consideration or decision.—
Grant Lancaster,
Arkansas Online,
18 June 2025
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But Trump’s lawyers argued that Congress did not intend for the president to only deploy the guard in the face of full-scale revolutions, the administrations argument, filed in court Monday, shows.—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
18 June 2025
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“Adjudicator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adjudicator. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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