as in settled
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 arbitrated
International investment treaty disputes are arbitrated under a third-party institution that employs attorneys who specialize in international law and have no particular ties to either party.
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Preston Fore, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2025
In the event a matter must be arbitrated before a neutral arbitrator, the arbitration provision could nonetheless spell out certain criteria that the league believes are important to the league’s interests and which the arbitrator must consider in reaching a decision.
—Chris Deubert, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Preston Fore, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2025
In the event a matter must be arbitrated before a neutral arbitrator, the arbitration provision could nonetheless spell out certain criteria that the league believes are important to the league’s interests and which the arbitrator must consider in reaching a decision.
—Chris Deubert, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for arbitrated
Verb
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Many of them took to the roads and rails, freaking out elite and middle-class white Protestants, who generally viewed married, settled life as the foundation of a successful society.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
21 Oct. 2025
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Minnesota settled for a field goal to bring the deficit to six points and failed to get the ball back.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
20 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The Philadelphia Eagles’ defense took a hit over the last week as Za’Darius Smith abruptly decided to retire from the NFL following the team’s loss to the New York Giants.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
19 Oct. 2025
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When the owner decided to sell their restaurant in 2007, the San Juan matriarch, Eugenia, took it over and completely transformed it—creating a menu that highlighted her Oaxacan roots and honored her mother’s recipes.—
Natalie Hoy,
Southern Living,
19 Oct. 2025
Verb
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His cause of death has yet to be determined, and the incident remains under investigation by multiple local law enforcement agencies.—
Jakob Rodgers,
Mercury News,
20 Oct. 2025
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Those protocols, the officer added, required firing to be suspended until the root cause of the apparent misfire is determined.—
Paul Sisson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Each claim has to be adjudicated.—
Aldo Svaldi,
Denver Post,
18 Oct. 2025
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LeBron James pulls a fast one, the Nobel Peace Prize gets awarded, and a musical beef gets adjudicated.—
Melinda Yao,
NBC news,
11 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Slot threw down the gauntlet for Isak on Friday, stating that Liverpool’s record signing was now in a position to be judged fairly after building up regular game-time for club and country after a disrupted summer.—
Carl Anka,
New York Times,
19 Oct. 2025
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This hesitancy is common, Travers said, because people may be fearful of being judged or of having their trauma follow them later in life.—
Madeline Mitchell,
USA Today,
18 Oct. 2025
Verb
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As of this writing, most of the outage has been resolved, and many reliant services are back online.—
Andrew Nusca,
Fortune,
21 Oct. 2025
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Conrad recalled that the two had a spat that had been resolved before cameras began rolling, but claimed that the producers fueled a narrative to pit them against each other.—
Mekishana Pierre,
Entertainment Weekly,
21 Oct. 2025
Verb
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In the 42nd minute, having cut inside Niang, Leysen lunged wildly to try and prevent Elanga recovering the ball, but got nowhere near it and conceded a penalty (he was harshly adjudged to have handballed it during the second half for another spot kick, too).—
Chris Waugh,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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The University of Oregon alumnus was adjudged to have erred while moving through a gap between Germany’s Robert Farken and Stefan Nillessen late in the heat, with an appeal by USA Track & Field denied.—
Jack Bantock,
CNN Money,
21 Sep. 2025
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“Arbitrated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arbitrated. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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