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 The verdicts were handed down in March during a trial. — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 24 June 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 Grüns, Bloom Nutrition, Lemme, 8Greens and Goli have all flooded social feeds with promises, and shoppers with mixed verdicts. — Samantha Agate, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 June 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 Juries at retrials in 2025 and 2026 could not reach unanimous verdicts on the charges, ending the proceedings in mistrials. — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 25 June 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 Yolo County jurors in June 2025 acquitted Dominguez of second-degree murder in Breaux’s killing and failed to reach verdicts in Abou Najm’s killing and Guillory’s attack. — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 7 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for verdicts
  1. decisions
  2. opinions
  3. conclusions
  4. beliefs
  5. determinations
  6. minds
  7. views
  8. convictions
Noun
  • Reality Check is a Herald series holding those in power to account and shining a light on their decisions.
    — Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 8 July 2026
  • When overseeing retirement accounts, employers have a fiduciary duty to make prudent decisions and put their workers’ interests first.
    — Paul Kiel, ProPublica, 8 July 2026
Definition of decisions
Noun
  • The Supreme Court has released a slew of opinions to mark the end of its current term, and one of them could prove to be a landmark case for personal protections.
    — Justin Klawans, TheWeek, 2 July 2026
  • In Berlin, talent were constantly asked about their political opinions at the film press conferences.
    — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 2 July 2026
Definition of opinions
Noun
  • The lawyer takes the tenets of mindfulness to heart, and Dusse takes both these tenets and his protagonist to absurd – and sometimes shockingly violent – conclusions.
    — The Know, Denver Post, 5 July 2026
  • Over-reliance on AI for immediate conclusions risks individuals missing the crucial process of building foundational knowledge and critical thinking.
    — Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026
Definition of conclusions
Noun
  • And Trump’s hatred of communism is consistent with some of his most important beliefs.
    — Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026
  • People's beliefs, identities, and sense of who belongs have to shift too, or structural change has nothing underneath it.
    — Afdhel Aziz, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
Definition of beliefs
Noun
  • Some states have since created their own navigability tests to make more specific determinations.
    — Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 1 July 2026
  • Third, confirm that worksite assumptions and wage-level determinations are defensible under the new rule, especially for remote or multi-location roles.
    — Lorraine D'Alessio, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
Definition of determinations
Noun
  • Social media and technology firms employ some of the brightest minds in the world and increasingly sophisticated AI tools to maximize user engagement.
    — Paul Jester, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2026
  • Supply chains weren’t at the forefront of the minds of healthcare organizations before 2020.
    — Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 8 July 2026
Definition of minds
Noun
  • There are early signs that views may have changed in the six years since the governing board unanimously voted to eliminate SAT and ACT requirements.
    — Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
  • The 24-year-old South Korean artist will also be performing on the Museum’s Ray Charles Rooftop Terrance, where attendees can enjoy the show with views of downtown Los Angeles.
    — Laura Sirikul, Forbes.com, 9 July 2026
Definition of views
Noun
  • Durham's criminal history included previous convictions for firearms offenses and kidnapping, records show.
    — Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 2 July 2026
  • Bell’s letter to James and New York MFCU Director Amy Held argues that the unit is moving too slowly on cases and amassing too few indictments and convictions for wrongdoing in the Medicaid system.
    — Ali Swenson, Fortune, 2 July 2026
Definition of convictions

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