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
In these cases, your matchmaker arbitrates disputes.
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Selam Gebrekidan, New York Times, 23 Mar. 2025
Normally, Maduro is able to arbitrate disputes between his captains.
—Moisés Naím, Foreign Affairs, 28 Sep. 2021
The 47th president has regularly tested the limits of executive power, setting up confrontations that the courts are likely to be arbitrating for months and years ahead.
—Susan Page, USA TODAY, 9 Mar. 2025
In what city must disputes be brought if litigated or arbitrated?
—Allbusiness, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
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Selam Gebrekidan, New York Times, 23 Mar. 2025
Normally, Maduro is able to arbitrate disputes between his captains.
—Moisés Naím, Foreign Affairs, 28 Sep. 2021
The 47th president has regularly tested the limits of executive power, setting up confrontations that the courts are likely to be arbitrating for months and years ahead.
—Susan Page, USA TODAY, 9 Mar. 2025
In what city must disputes be brought if litigated or arbitrated?
—Allbusiness, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for arbitrate
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The Court found that the IRS was correct in its decision to revoke tax-exempt status, but the case was not decided until 1983.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2025
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For now, he’s decided attending university is the best path, but opted to spend his first year of school in Rome to deepen his spirituality.—
Angie Leventis Lourgos,
Chicago Tribune,
17 May 2025
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Have all the evidentiary issues been settled? Not entirely.—
Jorge L. Ortiz,
USA Today,
17 May 2025
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Listen to this article San Diego is paying out $700,000 to settle two injury lawsuits, one involving a pedestrian in San Ysidro and another involving a motorcycle rider in northern Clairemont.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 May 2025
Verb
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The infrastructure companies build today could determine the workforce's speed, scale and fairness tomorrow.—
Gangesh Pathak,
Forbes.com,
8 May 2025
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Jurors have been questioned one by one by Judge Arun Subramanian, the prosecution and the defense to determine their qualifications to serve.—
USA Today,
USA Today,
8 May 2025
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His trial committee — the five volunteer writers tasked with adjudicating rule violations — recommended a lesser, confidential censure along with some equity and inclusion training.—
Gene Maddaus,
Variety,
8 May 2025
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But Ozturk's lawyers asked U.S. District Judge William Sessions to order her to be released or transferred to Vermont while her claims are adjudicated.—
Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
7 May 2025
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The team next asked another group of taste testers to judge whether those compounds altered capsaicin and dihydrocapsaicin pungency, either on their own or in combination with one another.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
14 May 2025
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But judge Thierry Donard said Depardieu's explanation of events had been unconvincing.—
Juliette Jabkhiro,
USA Today,
14 May 2025
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“Arbitrate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arbitrate. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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