How to Use adjudicate in a Sentence

adjudicate

verb
Definition of adjudicatenext
Synonyms for adjudicatenext
  • The case was adjudicated in the state courts.
  • The board will adjudicate when claims are made against teachers.
  • The board will adjudicate claims made against teachers.
  • Our courts are the best place, frankly, to adjudicate facts.
    — cleveland, 12 Nov. 2020
  • And by the way, part of our process is to adjudicate disputes.
    — CBS News, 8 Nov. 2020
  • The bearded-seal case adjudicated the same issues, and the court is bound by that precedent, the appeals court said.
    — Alex Demarban, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Feb. 2018
  • Disputes in the states would be settled in the states with the judiciary as the best forum to adjudicate.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 4 Jan. 2022
  • The dogs were taken to a shelter, where they will be held until the case is adjudicated.
    — Christian Martinez, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2023
  • No rule or adjudicating body can do that, in any sport.
    — Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 6 May 2023
  • Many of those charges were dismissed as part of plea agreements, and many have yet to be adjudicated, court records show.
    — Andrew Clark, Indianapolis Star, 22 Aug. 2019
  • This is a barrier for any firm that lacks the resources to create and adjudicate its own tests.
    — Brian Christian, WIRED, 25 Apr. 2012
  • Mr. Tillerson was forced to try to adjudicate the dispute in phone calls while flying back from a trip to Australia and New Zealand.
    — Krishnadev Calamur, The Atlantic, 9 June 2017
  • Court records show that in Sunday’s case, Ryan was adjudicated guilty, fined $118, ordered to stay away from the park and released.
    — Chris Tisch, miamiherald, 22 May 2018
  • But, unfortunately, the best way to do that with a silver bullet is to have the highest court in the land adjudicate it.
    — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2020
  • The accusation turns out to be old news that was adjudicated more than a decade ago.
    — Mark Paoletta, WSJ, 4 June 2023
  • But experts say there are too few judges to adjudicate the backlog of refugee claims, which means that the asylum process for migrants like Beauville can drag on for as long as two years.
    — Author: Dan Bilefsky, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Jan. 2018
  • The first claim is pretty hard to adjudicate at this point, but the latter two are certainly borne out by the few screenshots Paradox sent over.
    — Hayden Dingman, PCWorld, 19 Oct. 2019
  • Manafort declined to waive his right to have the charges adjudicated in Virginia.
    — Washington Post, 4 May 2018
  • On average, workers waited 396 days for the state to adjudicate their wage claim, the report said.
    — Staff Writer follow, Los Angeles Times, 29 Nov. 2022
  • The SEALs should have been allowed to adjudicate this matter themselves.
    — Nr Editors, National Review, 5 Dec. 2019
  • He was adjudicated guilty on the drug charge but was not convicted for the resisting charge.
    — David Harris, orlandosentinel.com, 2 Dec. 2019
  • That seems to have been a way that without dragging these two people and their families through the mud, this could have been adjudicated.
    — Fox News, 28 Sep. 2018
  • But the stakes are too high to let the matter fester — or leave it to be investigated by and adjudicated in the media.
    — Anthony Leonardi, Washington Examiner, 2 May 2020
  • Gobin is disputing the claims, and the action has yet to be adjudicated.
    — Justin Jouvenal, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2024
  • The case against Federico-Flores is the first to be adjudicated.
    — Chris Ramirez, Journal Sentinel, 4 June 2024
  • Neither was attended by Nate Thomas, the only player charged as an adult in the case and the only one whose case has not yet been adjudicated.
    — John D'anna, azcentral, 8 Jan. 2020
  • She was adjudicated guilty of the charge of driving with her license suspended or revoked, the records show.
    — Lisa J. Huriash, Sun Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2024
  • Of the more than 60 lawsuits that questioned election results, all have been adjudicated and found to be baseless.
    — For Carroll County Times, Baltimore Sun, 14 Jan. 2024
  • There is some pushback at the effort to adjudicate abuses from past centuries.
    — Valentina Pop, WSJ, 4 Mar. 2021
  • Prosecutors have for months argued the seriousness of the crime warranted adjudicating the matter in adult court.
    — Chris Ramirez, Journal Sentinel, 18 Nov. 2024

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