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decider

noun

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as in selector

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as in arbiter

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Recent Examples of decider At 2-2 in the second set, Rybakina won four consecutive games to level the match and force a decider. — Lukas Weese, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026 Following the World Cup disappointment, Artan has since taken charge of league games in Somalia as well as the Kuwaiti Premier League title decider at the end of June. — Aleks Klosok, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2026 Belgium’s Charles De Ketelaere was able to find the back of Unai Simón’s net to become the only player to do so thus far in the World Cup, but Mikel Merino’s 88th-minute goal was the decider in this 2-1 victory for Spain. — Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 13 July 2026 Seiya Suzuki singled in two runs to key a three-run 10th inning and Jordan Wicks, called up earlier Sunday, got a game-ending double play with the bases loaded to preserve the Chicago Cubs 4-3 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers in the decider of the three-game series. — CBS News, 28 June 2026 In the same group, Paraguay and Australia face off in a decider. — David Hickey, NBC news, 25 June 2026 The crushing win followed England's own big win at Lord's and sends the series to a decider in Nottingham starting on Thursday. — ABC News, 21 June 2026

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Noun

The gear selector, mounted on a lever on the right side of the steering wheel near the wiper controls rather than a traditional gear shift, took some getting used to.

— Keith Laing, USA Today, 17 Aug. 2026
The car is fit with a four-speed Wilson pre-selector transmission.

— Howard Walker, Robb Report, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of selector

Noun

Hip-hop tilted the pop axis at the turn of the millennium and remains an arbiter of its taste.

— Shauna Lyon, New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2026
The report also said that a single person who was tapped as a neutral negotiator between LAWA and LINXS became a de facto arbiter of disputes around large money claims who instructed LAWA to pay $97 million to LINXS.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of arbiter

Noun

Next to Qobuz's quality indicator is the audio output device chooser, which the service refers to as Qobuz Connect.

— PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 15 Oct. 2025
As the commentators in a recent American updating of the traditional Passover Haggadah point out, people who identify as Jews have a much easier time these days thinking of themselves as choosers than as chosen.

— Sophia Rosenfeld September 26, Literary Hub, 26 Sep. 2025

Definition of chooser

Noun

This strategy left Amazon with a massive legal bill even before any case was resolved, according to a 2021 New York Times report, which estimated that a single claim would cost Amazon about $2,900 just to hire the arbitrator.

— Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 17 Aug. 2026
And, the city argued, Shurin violated Missouri law that requires arbitrators to only decide issues specifically given to them.

— Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of arbitrator

Noun

First base umpire John Libka also ejected Blue Jays assistant hitting coach Lou Iannotti in the seventh inning.

— ABC News, ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026
Dubón expressed frustration that Torres didn’t check with the first-base umpire, and then manager Walt Weiss interjected in his defense.

— Gabriel Burns, AJC.com, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of umpire

Noun

Hearings on Anthony's requests for a retrial and a new judge were set to begin Wednesday in suburban Dallas.

— ABC News, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026
During a court appearance, a Broward County judge ordered Smith held without bond on the charges and prohibited him from contacting any victims involved in the case.

— Abby Dodge, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026

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