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 In a stunning turn, a Sacramento Superior Court judge declared a mistrial Tuesday in the K Street mass shooting murder trial of surviving suspects Dandrae Martin and Mtula Payton after jurors failed to reach verdicts on the remaining charges. — Reeti Malhotra, Sacbee.com, 21 July 2026 The debate gained new urgency in March, when back-to-back verdicts in California and New Mexico found, for the first time, Facebook parent Meta liable for products that inflict harm on young people. — Charlie Campbell, Time, 20 July 2026 Look for judges’ orders and jury verdicts, which can be useful to see how a court weighed claims. — Mollie Simon, ProPublica, 16 July 2026 Of those cases, how many were tried before juries to verdicts and how many were tried before a judge? — Schnelle Tonge, Sun Sentinel, 16 July 2026 Both prison sentence and ban have been shortened The appeals court upheld guilty verdicts for all 11 accused, including Le Pen and other party members. — Sylvie Corbet, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026 The jury returned guilty verdicts after deliberating for less than two hours, according to the Webb County District Attorney's Office. — Brittany Miller, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2026 The mistake in managing Gen Z is turning those differences into character verdicts. — Mark Murphy, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026 Notably, one of the earliest verdicts finding that AI training was fair use was explicitly granted due to the plaintiffs’ failure to prove market harms. — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 26 June 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 assistant secretary’s office is involved in decisions about funding next-generation vaccines against pandemic flu or other infectious disease threats.
    — Mike Stobbe, Fortune, 15 July 2026
  • Some gold ETFs directly invest in bullion kept in vaults, while others invest in shares of mining companies that tend to follow the price of gold while also being swayed by the companies’ management decisions, efficiency and financials.
    — Liz Knueven, CNBC, 15 July 2026
Definition of decisions
Noun
  • Burpee said the expansion of the State Fair’s cannabis exhibit and lounge seems to reflect changing opinions around marijuana usage in California.
    — Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 19 July 2026
  • While the majority of classicists are embracing the spectacle of Nolan’s blockbuster, opinions start to diverge when discussing his adaptation of Homer’s language for the screenplay.
    — Antonio Ferme, Variety, 18 July 2026
Definition of opinions
Noun
  • Rather than accepting a single article as definitive, many readers now seek additional perspectives before forming conclusions.
    — Jeremy Fields, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
  • The authors of that 1996 trial were themselves cautious in their conclusions.
    — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 17 July 2026
Definition of conclusions
Noun
  • Critics argue that religious stories should not be explicitly taught in public schools attended by students with a variety of different religious beliefs.
    — Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 14 July 2026
  • What has not changed—at least since Stewart first came on board in 1999, taking over from original host Craig Kilborn—is the debate over The Daily Show’s influence on viewers’ beliefs.
    — Chris Smith, Vanity Fair, 13 July 2026
Definition of beliefs
Noun
  • My belief is that local municipalities and counties should have the right to make determinations about these projects.
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2026
  • The determinations are critical, considering billions of dollars in the form of a rocket launch to Jupiter is now facing serious jeopardy.
    — David John Chávez, Mercury News, 17 July 2026
Definition of determinations
Noun
  • Our own minds are the scene of the heist; our greatest battle is against ourselves.
    — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 15 July 2026
  • Plus, Jurassic Park has been on our minds given the recent passing of beloved actor Sam Neill.
    — Samuel Axon, ArsTechnica, 15 July 2026
Definition of minds
Noun
  • Part of the drama on America’s Got Talent has always come from friction among the judges, who regularly have very different views of the acts before them.
    — Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 15 July 2026
  • Locations around Kielder Water and Northumberland National Park provide broad views toward the low west-northwest eclipse shortly before sunset.
    — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 15 July 2026
Definition of views
Noun
  • Federal officials said the convictions are part of a broader effort to dismantle criminal networks that exploit migrants for profit while targeting the organizations responsible for human trafficking and alien smuggling inside the United States.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 16 July 2026
  • His specific policy plans could be opaque, but his pathos was distinctive, his convictions bone-deep.
    — Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 15 July 2026
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