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verdicts

noun

plural of verdict
1
as in decisions
a position arrived at after consideration the marketing consultant's verdict was that we were doing just fine

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2
as in opinions
an idea that is believed to be true or valid without positive knowledge was anxious to hear her best friend's verdict on her new boyfriend

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Recent Examples of verdicts But the annual exorbitant expense is set to spike even higher next year as Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration forecasts a $401 million price tag for such deals and verdicts in 2027. — Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026 The Jefferson Parish jury deliberated for over five hours before returning with their verdicts on Thursday. — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 18 Sep. 2026 Jurors in 2025 failed to reach verdicts in Dominguez’s first murder trial. — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 16 Sep. 2026 The sentences were issued by Branch 1 of the Isfahan Revolutionary Court and remain initial-stage verdicts. — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 15 Sep. 2026 Before Bay Area readers start polishing their debate trophies, remember these studies are conversation starters, not final verdicts. — James Ward, USA Today, 15 Sep. 2026 Like Law & Order fans know, the crime is just the start and the real information can come from the trial and controversial verdicts. — Allison Degrushe, StyleCaster, 14 Sep. 2026 The jury returned majority verdicts after deliberating for six hours and 29 minutes, the outlets reported. — Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 27 Aug. 2026 What Meta and Google Say Stephanie Otway, a Meta spokesperson, tells Parents the company disagrees with these verdicts and will appeal. — Anna Halkidis, Parents, 26 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for verdicts
  1. decisions
  2. opinions
  3. conclusions
  4. beliefs
  5. determinations
  6. minds
  7. views
  8. convictions
Noun
  • The move is the first in a string of major central bank decisions this week, with the Bank of England up next, and followed by the Bank of Japan on Friday.
    — Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2026
  • But in the rush to improve efficiency through cognitive offloading, many leaders have failed to distinguish between tasks that can be automated versus decisions that require human judgment.
    — Kelly Huang, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of decisions
Noun
  • No stranger to controversy or criticism, Sweeney, 29, faced the music from Olympic athletes, entertainment icons and millions of keyboard warriors who voiced their opinions of the naked ad.
    — Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 18 Sep. 2026
  • The Debut Having just premiered in Telluride days earlier, Jesse Eisenberg’s latest film was riding a huge wave of buzz for Julianne Moore’s lead performance, but opinions on the movie itself were harder to nail down.
    — Joe Reid, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of opinions
Noun
  • The analyst then used the AI to formalize its conclusions into a conventional military intelligence report without double- or triple-checking the validity of its conclusions.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 20 Sep. 2026
  • There was still the possibility that all of this had been a colossal instance of jumping to conclusions on Tristan’s part, and that the name Buster had been chosen at random for its mass appeal.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of conclusions
Noun
  • The state of Utah argued Robinson targeted Kirk because of his political beliefs, and knowing that children were present and would witness the shooting.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Success may reinforce your confidence, but strong leaders know when to question even the practices and beliefs that once served them well.
    — Hao Lam, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of beliefs
Noun
  • Finally, the state should require the city to explain its tax determinations.
    — Michael Wolfe, New York Daily News, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Thousands of unaccompanied minors have benefited from the office’s determinations.
    — Ryan J. Foley, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of determinations
Noun
  • Until Heated Rivalry burned its way into our minds, the most notable onscreen treatment of gay hockey players was Breakfast with Scot, a 2007 Canadian comedy directed by Laurie Lynd and produced by Paul Brown, Howard Rosenman, and Nadine Schiff.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Sep. 2026
  • The scene came together for the 1984 album Rainy Day, reviving obscure nuggets from the Byrds, Buffalo Springfield, Love, the Velvets — a vastly influential project that opened a lot of hipster minds.
    — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of minds
Noun
  • Likes, views, shares, retention graphs, clickthrough rates, and watch time convert human approval into numbers.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Paxton had argued that the law-school clinic was not a classroom but a workplace, and that Fisher was punished not for expressing political views but because her cursing and volume had disrupted clinic business.
    — Benjamin Wofford, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of views
Noun
  • More than 70 percent of all convictions of people who were exonerated with DNA evidence between 1989 and 2019 were cases of mistaken eyewitness identification.
    — Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2026
  • According to the trailer, the docuseries also uses first-person interviews to detail Glitter’s original convictions and years hopping from country to country, including Vietnam, Cuba, and Cambodia to avoid prosecution and jail time.
    — CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 16 Sep. 2026
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“Verdicts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/verdicts. Accessed 23 Sep. 2026.

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