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prejudge

[pree-juhj] / priˈdʒʌdʒ /
VERB
presuppose
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The oversight Bureau stressed that the suspension does not prejudge the outcome of the case.

From BBC Jun. 9, 2026

At the confirmation hearing last month, Warsh said he wouldn’t prejudge policy decisions.

From The Wall Street Journal May 13, 2026

Brussels has said the opening of an in-depth investigation does not prejudge its outcome.

From Barron's Feb. 4, 2026

“It makes no sense whatsoever to prejudge the election outcome. And that is a misinformed view of what is happening on the ground in North Carolina, bless his heart,” McHenry said.

From Salon Oct. 25, 2024

“You cannot prejudge people in this business,” he said over and over when we met, and each time he used that phrase, his face took on a look of utter conviction.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell

As Jessica Fletcher, the mystery-writing amateur sleuth in “Murder, She Wrote,” Lansbury never prejudges.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 16, 2025

However, he added: "It does not restore UK access to EU, nor prejudges adoption of equivalence decisions."

From BBC Jun. 27, 2023

This resolution in no manner prejudges the outcome of permanent status negotiations on east Jerusalem, which must, of course, reflect those historic ties and the realities on the ground.

From Time Dec. 28, 2016

On the face of it, the accord provocatively prejudges the outcome of the talks.

From Economist Nov. 13, 2014

But far be from me the despair which prejudges the law by a paltry empiricism;—since there never was a right endeavor but it succeeded.

From Essays — Second Series by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Judges are asked to recuse when their impartiality can reasonably be questioned because we don’t think it’s appropriate for judges to have prejudged a matter before them and told us their views in advance.

From Slate May 29, 2024

“She has clearly prejudged the case,” August said.

From Washington Times Sep. 7, 2023

They won an initial victory when federal judge Gerhard A. Gesell ruled that Mr. Pertschuk “had conclusively prejudged factual items which will be disputed in the rulemaking proceedings.”

From Washington Post Nov. 18, 2022

The judge noted that the woman indicated she had not prejudged the case, adding that "the mere fact of media coverage is not enough" to exclude her.

From Reuters Jul. 19, 2022

She had anticipated all that I would say, had discounted my plea, as it were, and prejudged the whole case.

From That Mother-in-Law of Mine by Anonymous

But as chair, he has been adamant about not prejudging the outcome of the July rate-setting meeting.

From MarketWatch Jul. 11, 2026

A DUP spokesperson said O'Neill should await the outcome of an independent review "rather than prejudging that process".

From BBC Jul. 7, 2026

I don't want to sound like I'm prejudging these birds, but they're not like peacocks where it is easy to tell them apart on sight.

From Salon Nov. 16, 2024

“Without prejudging the matter, this report is a cause for serious concern. Academic freedom does not permit the identity-based targeting of students.”

From Washington Times Oct. 13, 2023

Do you think that, prejudging the question as he has already done, he will give me the bride that he promised to my brother?

From Henry of Guise; (Vol. III of 3) or, The States of Blois by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James




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