How to Use adjudicate in a Sentence
adjudicate
verb- 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.
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So, Senator, it was adjudicated over and over and over.
— Stefan Becket, CBS News, 2 Oct. 2024 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
Visas that by law must be approved or denied within nine months are instead taking three to five years to adjudicate.
— Jessica Donati, WSJ, 22 June 2021 -
Rogers signed the document, which established a date for a liquor license hearing to adjudicate the matter in June 2017.
— Zak Koeske, Daily Southtown, 26 June 2018 -
If there are challenges, the venue for adjudicating them is the courts—after certification, not before.
— Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2024
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