as in to decide
to give an opinion about (something at issue or in dispute)
will arbitrate the dispute between the company and the labor union
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Recent Examples of arbitrate
O’Foghludha noted that Duke and Mensah agreed to arbitrate a dispute, but that no arbitrator has yet been assigned.
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Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 22 Jan. 2026
Trump is perfectly positioned to arbitrate this dispute and potentially take the issue off the table for the rest of his presidency.
—Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 11 Dec. 2025
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
Alleged violations of these treaties are arbitrated through the Investor State Dispute Settlement system (ISDS), which has turned out to be a boon for fossil asset owners.
—Jessica F. Green, Foreign Affairs, 7 Nov. 2025
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Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 22 Jan. 2026
Trump is perfectly positioned to arbitrate this dispute and potentially take the issue off the table for the rest of his presidency.
—Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 11 Dec. 2025
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
Alleged violations of these treaties are arbitrated through the Investor State Dispute Settlement system (ISDS), which has turned out to be a boon for fossil asset owners.
—Jessica F. Green, Foreign Affairs, 7 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for arbitrate
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David Nichols, a neuroscientist who is an expert on psychedelics, told me about a woman with alcohol-use disorder who realized during a psilocybin trip that her drinking was harming her children and decided to stop.—
Clayton Dalton,
New Yorker,
13 Mar. 2026
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But deciding how that system should evolve, how data should flow, how governance must adapt, and how compliance risk is mitigated requires human reasoning.—
Milan Shetti,
Fortune,
13 Mar. 2026
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Some are fearful, however, that an old pattern of extraction without development may be settling in.—
Jeronimo Gonzalez,
semafor.com,
13 Mar. 2026
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TikTok and Snap were also named defendants in the lawsuit, but settled before the trial began.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
13 Mar. 2026
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The researchers suggest that more high-resolution observations will be needed to determine whether this phenomenon is common.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Mar. 2026
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Farr’s next of kin was notified, and the cause and manner of her death will be determined by a forensic pathologist following an autopsy and toxicology testing.—
Nollyanne Delacruz,
Mercury News,
15 Mar. 2026
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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,
Literary Hub,
16 Mar. 2026
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After the jury and Starks were ordered to leave the courtroom, Namie argued Starks wasn’t telling the truth, since he had been adjudicated (convicted) as a juvenile a few years earlier for armed robbery.—
Meredith Colias-Pete,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Mar. 2026
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Sheinbaum, who took office in 2024, warned Thursday that voters will judge whether politicians from those other parties had complied with their promise to support her administration’s agenda.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
12 Mar. 2026
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Testing your soil and measuring your trees’ annual growth rate are also handy ways to judge if your trees need more nutrients.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
11 Mar. 2026
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“Arbitrate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arbitrate. Accessed 19 Mar. 2026.
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