deciders

noun

plural of decider
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as in choosers

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as in arbiters

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  1. choosers
  2. arbiters
  3. selectors
  4. arbitrators
  5. voters
  6. referees
  7. pickers
  8. judges
Noun
  • As the commentators in a recent American updating of the traditional Passover Haggadah point out, people who identify as Jews have a much easier time these days thinking of themselves as choosers than as chosen.
    — Sophia Rosenfeld September 26, Literary Hub, 26 Sep. 2025
Definition of choosers
Noun
  • 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
Definition of arbiters
Noun
  • Marshal Yanda When the Hall of Fame selectors meet in person at the Super Bowl in February, they will be tasked with reducing the 15 finalists to seven, before each voter casts his vote for six individuals.
    — Saad Yousuf, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2026
  • The Hall intends to have a coach and contributor subcommittee each consisting of 11 voting selectors and three alternates.
    — Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of selectors
Noun
  • The arbitrators would focus on key employment elements such as wages and hours and would hold hearings and receive evidence from the parties.
    — Jon Regardie, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Kanter could raise the same basic arguments in an arbitration, but it would be conducted in private, and awards by arbitrators are difficult to challenge in court because judges are obligated to give high deference to those awards.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of arbitrators
Noun
  • The massive warehouse campuses generating energy for AI projects have drawn bipartisan opposition, with voters concerned about their impact on electricity prices, farmland and water supplies.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Democratic and Republican 2028 contenders alike have been heading to battleground states and districts to boost their names with voters, show campaigning prowess, and make key political allies across important areas of the country.
    — Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of voters
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
  • Through the Empower Culinary and Hospitality School, the hotel trains tea pickers’ children and now has a couple of budding chefs in their kitchen.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Some of the best pickers in the tri-state area turn up there each week, along with people like me, there to learn.
    — David Alm, Longreads, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of pickers
Noun
  • If the vacancy remains, district judges may appoint a prosecutor to serve until the president nominates and the Senate confirms a replacement.
    — Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Those levies were under scrutiny Wednesday, when judges pressed the administration on whether Greer had sufficient justification.
    — Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of judges
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