as in referee
a person who impartially decides or resolves a dispute or controversy
the dean of student affairs is the proper arbiter when a student disputes a grade
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Alia Akkam, Architectural Digest, 25 Sep. 2024
But the Supreme Court’s role as arbiter in a series of election-year disputes has kept it in the spotlight.
—David Sivak, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 8 Sep. 2024
The next prosecutor in control of a rapper’s freedom can now cite Morgan’s ruling, setting the stage for the justice system to become an arbiter of what’s acceptable in rap lyrics.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 9 July 2024
Created in the late 1980s to develop a standardized code for text and punctuation, the consortium, which includes executives from Apple, Google, Facebook and other technology giants, is now an arbiter of popular culture.
—Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 7 Sep. 2024
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Alia Akkam, Architectural Digest, 25 Sep. 2024
But the Supreme Court’s role as arbiter in a series of election-year disputes has kept it in the spotlight.
—David Sivak, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 8 Sep. 2024
The next prosecutor in control of a rapper’s freedom can now cite Morgan’s ruling, setting the stage for the justice system to become an arbiter of what’s acceptable in rap lyrics.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 9 July 2024
Created in the late 1980s to develop a standardized code for text and punctuation, the consortium, which includes executives from Apple, Google, Facebook and other technology giants, is now an arbiter of popular culture.
—Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 7 Sep. 2024
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“Arbiter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arbiter. Accessed 22 Oct. 2024.
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