Thesaurus results for ARBITERS

arbiters

noun

plural of arbiter

as in referees

a person who impartially decides or resolves a dispute or controversy the dean of student affairs is the proper arbiter when a student disputes a grade

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Recent Examples of arbiters The move publicly challenges the accuracy of the state’s death determinations in an extraordinary move that breaks precedent that states are the arbiters of case and death determinations, not the CDC. — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 1 Sep. 2026 Two of the arbiters accompanied Espada to the pitcher’s mound, where Brown handed Espada the baseball. — Chandler Rome, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026 For the next fifty years, insurance companies, not doctors, were the chief arbiters of corpulence. — Literary Hub, 17 Aug. 2026 This setup, wherein a group of arbiters hide behind a curtain like the Wizard of Oz and hand down decisions that inflict generational trauma on entire countries, almost feels purposefully built to invite all sorts of wild speculation. — Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 14 July 2026 Just as decisions should be devolved to the smallest competent unit rather than centralized bureaucracies, customers — as the ultimate arbiters of value — must be empowered to judge what truly serves their needs and dignity. — Steve Denning, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026 Moreover, clinicians are winning more than 70% of IDR disputes because independent arbiters recognize that insurers are underpaying. — Torie Bosch, STAT, 11 Apr. 2026 Later, criticism also came from arbiters of high modernism, such as Clement Greenberg, who wrote off New Deal art as kitsch for the masses. — Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 9 Apr. 2026 Are the corporations that release the powerful technology the arbiters of their fate? — Jake Angelo, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2026

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Noun

That is, until the referees wiped it off the board because Bell’s toe had stepped out-of-bounds prior to the catch.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2026
As referees stopped Charlie Adams’ corner kick to separate a pair of players in the box, Adams whispered for Barea to come closer.

— Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of referees

Noun

Still, Terry Strada, whose husband, Tom Strada, was killed in the attacks, said she was encouraged that more than 100 family members of 9/11 victims turned out and by the judges’ questions.

— Tom Winter, NBC news, 8 Oct. 2026
Burke’s call to bar judges from allowing those accused of the worst violent crimes to be confined at home with their whereabouts tracked using electronic monitors.

— The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of judges

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The umpires have repeatedly reminded attendees to quiet down in between games.

— Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2026
If some umpires have treated Vitello differently than other managers, then that’s a poor reflection on them for betraying their impartiality.

— Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026

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