judged

past tense of judge
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as in estimated
to decide the size, amount, number, or distance of (something) without actual measurement considering the amount of dough we have, I judge we'll get about six dozen cookies out of it

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Recent Examples of judged This year, the video contest received 347 entries from 40 countries, judged by a panel composed of specialists in science and advanced light microscopy. Molly Finlay, CNN Money, 16 Sep. 2026 The United head coach is probably going to be judged on their league position rather than League Cup success, but this was a terrible moment for him. Chris McKenna, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026 The Fipresci Award, given by the Fédération Internationale de la Presse Cinématographique to a Vision section film for artistic achievement, will be judged by Ma Xingxu, Teresa Vena and Roh Chul-hwan. Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 16 Sep. 2026 Now an area award, this category’s nominees are judged individually instead of against one another. Joyce Eng, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Sep. 2026 And on Friday, in the first of these cases to make its way through the courts, the declaration was judged to be contrary to the statute. John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2026 According to the lawsuit, San Diego improperly judged whether a walking path existed by only counting sidewalks, whereas the law requires that the right-of-way on streets be considered a walking path. Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Sep. 2026 The great leaders understand that their vision will be judged entirely by its execution, and their execution will only matter if the vision was worth executing. Larry Bomback, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2026 Crews were judged on precision and consistency rather than outright speed, with the overall classification determined by performance across time controls, passage checks, average speed trials, and regularity trials. Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 8 Sep. 2026
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Verb
  • Oak Park and Evanston have decided to end their Flock contracts.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Sep. 2026
  • After sunsetting their decades-long careers in the aerospace industry, brothers Jerry and Peter Wong decided to add a bit of magic to their lives by working at Disney.
    Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 6 Sep. 2026
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  • Around 23,126 people died of alcohol-attributable cancer in 2023, up from 11,361 in 1990, according to the study, which estimated the deaths using a global database of disease mortality and population-level estimates of alcohol exposure.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Sep. 2026
  • Nigerians are on track to spend $34 billion on healthcare this year, nearly double the amount spent five years ago, a report by the Health Federation of Nigeria, a non-profit coalition of private sector providers, estimated.
    Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 11 Sep. 2026
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  • Both of these tales were derived from the folk legends and mythologies involving witches and ghosts that were still prevalent along the Hudson Valley.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Manchester City revenues derived from UEFA reports, adjusted to remove 'other operating income' and converted from GBP to EUR at prevailing rate.
    Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
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  • Defense Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz said Monday in a post on X that the Polish army recovered what was believed to be a Russian military drone from the Baltic Sea near the coastal village of Jaroslawiec.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 15 Sep. 2026
  • At issue is territory claimed by both that is believed to contain large, exploitable amounts of natural gas and other hydrocarbons.
    ABC News, ABC News, 15 Sep. 2026
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  • The airport authority voted 6-0 to rename the airport, but said the final name will be determined at a later date.
    Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Its evolution and that of the surrounding estate have been determined by border disputes between papal states and grand duchies, by World Wars, and, in the second half of the 20th century, by brute economics, industrialization, and urbanization.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • One more month of inflation data – September – must be known before a precise figure for the 2027 cost-of-living adjustment for Social Security benefits can be calculated and released.
    Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 11 Sep. 2026
  • The idea came from James Fishback, who calculated taxpaying households could receive $5,000 based on Musk’s stated goal of saving $2 trillion.
    Isaac Arnsdorf, Washington Post, 10 Sep. 2026
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  • But González understood the system better than all those people.
    Jesús Rodríguez, New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Still, the 2021 GAO investigation found that the protections were unevenly understood and applied.
    María Luisa Paúl, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2026
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  • Manchester City’s long-standing deal with Etihad Airways is thought to bring in a higher yield but that also covers naming rights for the club’s stadium.
    James Pearce, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Attending Sunday’s launch ceremony with Kim was his daughter, who is thought to be named Ju Ae and who experts think Kim is grooming to be his successor.
    Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 7 Sep. 2026

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“Judged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/judged. Accessed 19 Sep. 2026.

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