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adjudicate

[uh-joo-di-kayt] / əˈdʒu dɪˌkeɪt /


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At a press conference, the Orange Order said members of the Parades Commission had "no credibility" to adjudicate on their application and should resign.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

“How would it work? How would you adjudicate these cases?”

From Salon ● Apr. 1, 2026

Sony said Cox should have done more to punish alleged infringers, but the cable company isn’t a court of law and can’t adjudicate such disputes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 25, 2026

If the lien was entered incorrectly, you can file a motion to strike or adjudicate the lien in court.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 11, 2026

This enterprise required that certain social and technical preconditions be met: the existence of reliable methods of communication, a common body of expert knowledge and an acknowledged group of experts able to adjudicate disputes.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

Finra, the industry’s self-policing group, adjudicates disputes among advisers, brokers, investors and institutions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026

This week’s ruling, however, supports a November 2025 decision by the Faculty Hearing Committee, an independent board that investigates and adjudicates disputes involving faculty members.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2026

Tax Court routinely adjudicates highly technical disputes between taxpayers and the Internal Revenue Service, clarifying ambiguities in law and practice through published opinions.

From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2025

Most regional divisions of the Office of Civil Rights—which investigates and adjudicates violations of students’ rights—will be shuttered.

From Slate ● Jul. 15, 2025

Every villa or borough throughout the province also possesses its municipal council, and in thinly-populated districts the inhabitants choose every four years a justice of the peace, who adjudicates in small disputes between neighbours.

From The Naturalist on the River Amazons by Henry Walter Bates

They’ve prevailed in the overwhelming majority of cases that have been adjudicated or settled.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

What happened next is already being fought over on the internet and soon will be adjudicated in court.

From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026

Notably, it has not been adjudicated whether or not the FCC has crossed the line into jawboning.

From Salon ● Jul. 10, 2026

Two lower courts ruled that she could keep her job as her case is adjudicated.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 29, 2026

Years later, when the tribe created its first court system, which adjudicated mostly minor crimes, he was elected one of the three judges.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

A federal court in Texas may not stop a federal court in Rhode Island from adjudicating a case by issuing a glorified restraining order against the parties.

From Slate ● May 19, 2026

You’re right to highlight the difficulty of getting truly unbiased and scientifically accurate background information to judges tasked with adjudicating cases involving climate change.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 24, 2026

But the countries have traded allegations of ceasefire breaches, and analysts say a comprehensive peace pact adjudicating the territorial dispute at the core of the conflict remains elusive.

From Barron's ● Nov. 10, 2025

WIlliams was, in the eyes of the adjudicating panel, a lone rogue agent.

From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2025

The measure would replace the current system of adjudicating sexual assault by taking the cases outside a victim’s chain of command.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker




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