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or judgement
1
as in ruling
a decision made by a court or tribunal regarding a case it has heard
the court will give its judgment in this case tomorrow morning
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2
as in decision
a position arrived at after consideration
built her fortune by making intelligent judgments about the performance of stocks
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3
as in opinion
an idea that is believed to be true or valid without positive knowledge
your judgment of the situation isn't a very good one
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4
as in assessment
an opinion on the nature, character, or quality of something
critical judgment on that new comedy has been overwhelmingly negative
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Recent Examples of judgment
Instead, the larger concern lies in what repeatedly using extreme language does to the atmosphere in which judgment takes place.
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Stephanie A, The Conversation, 8 Apr. 2026
But at the end of the day, Pasricha said, normalizing people doing human things in our homes without judgment and overcoming this embarrassment are important.
—Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 7 Apr. 2026
Davis is a member of a municipal risk pool, so the city will only pay a small amount of the judgment before the costs shift to the risk pool.
—Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 7 Apr. 2026
That work required judgment, integrity, and the ability to apply the law in real time under scrutiny.
—Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 7 Apr. 2026
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Stephanie A, The Conversation, 8 Apr. 2026
But at the end of the day, Pasricha said, normalizing people doing human things in our homes without judgment and overcoming this embarrassment are important.
—Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 7 Apr. 2026
Davis is a member of a municipal risk pool, so the city will only pay a small amount of the judgment before the costs shift to the risk pool.
—Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 7 Apr. 2026
That work required judgment, integrity, and the ability to apply the law in real time under scrutiny.
—Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 7 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for judgment
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Two bills discussed in a Minnesota Senate committee on Wednesday were drafted prior to the ruling, which does not immediately strike down Minnesota's law.—
Caroline Cummings,
CBS News,
9 Apr. 2026
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World Athletics, the governing body for track and field, introduced a ruling with similar requirements last July, in time for September’s Tokyo World Championships.—
Adam Crafton,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2026
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Your disciplined streak works best with warmth at the moment, so add kindness to every firm decision, and people should be more inclined to accept your guidance.—
Tarot.com,
New York Daily News,
8 Apr. 2026
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The zoning board said in court documents that the decision was legal and based on substantial evidence while being in the public interest and in line with city code.—
Chris Higgins,
Kansas City Star,
8 Apr. 2026
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Five of the rulings came after the advisory opinion was published.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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Indeed, in my opinion, Hersh — who is also an accomplished solo artist, an acclaimed author and the leader of another rock band called 50 Foot Wave — might just be the most fascinating person in all of music.—
Jim Harrington,
Mercury News,
13 Apr. 2026
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What’s the point of building formative assessments into a course if they’re just handed off to an LLM?—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
13 Apr. 2026
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So there is a risk assessment that folks are doing in real time.—
Ximena Bustillo,
NPR,
13 Apr. 2026
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Nichols offered a maximum sentence of 40 years without the ability to appeal in exchange for a guilty plea from Terry Rose.—
Peter Van Sant,
CBS News,
12 Apr. 2026
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Another analysis found that Benitez gave the strictest sentences of all federal judges in San Diego.—
Alex Riggins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 Apr. 2026
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In the end, though, what made the verdict remarkable was the relative ordinariness of Kaley’s story.—
Jeannie Suk Gersen,
New Yorker,
9 Apr. 2026
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Konig stood as the jury’s foreperson announced the verdict, then closed his eyes and lowered his face.—
Jennifer Sinco Kelleher,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Apr. 2026
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By the second century, even devout Christians had to walk back this belief.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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Stammen and Preller see many things similarly, including the belief that some parts can be interchangeable and that early in the season is a time to find out what players can handle.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 Apr. 2026
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This collection of poems is a transcendent appraisal of the blood that was extracted from Black bodies.—
Diana Arterian,
Literary Hub,
7 Apr. 2026
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Their appraisal underscored the challenges the Survivors’ Act was encountering in the courtroom.—
Pamela Colloff,
ProPublica,
24 Mar. 2026
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“Judgment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/judgment. Accessed 14 Apr. 2026.
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