Examples of judgment call in a Sentence
The rules aren't clear in this case, so officials are required to make a judgment call.
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Almost every crosstab from a pollster’s latest release includes a judgment call, and no one gets all of them correct.
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Philip Elliott, TIME, 1 Nov. 2024
Types of Passport Damage There are two main types of passport damage — normal wear and tear and genuine damage — but the line between them can be blurred, and the final judgment call comes down to the individual examining your passport, whether that’s an airline employee or an immigration officer.
—Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 22 Oct. 2024
Pollsters are hoping to learn from their mistakes, but their results are still largely a judgment call.
—Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 31 Oct. 2024
This could apply to self-driving cars that do not perform as expected, or to a complex judgment call of who should get approved for a loan or medical treatment.
—Cathy Ross, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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Philip Elliott, TIME, 1 Nov. 2024
Types of Passport Damage There are two main types of passport damage — normal wear and tear and genuine damage — but the line between them can be blurred, and the final judgment call comes down to the individual examining your passport, whether that’s an airline employee or an immigration officer.
—Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 22 Oct. 2024
Pollsters are hoping to learn from their mistakes, but their results are still largely a judgment call.
—Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 31 Oct. 2024
This could apply to self-driving cars that do not perform as expected, or to a complex judgment call of who should get approved for a loan or medical treatment.
—Cathy Ross, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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“Judgment call.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/judgment%20call. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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