as in referee
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 arbiter
Their first stop would be arbitration, but if either side wants to appeal an arbiter’s decision, the issue goes to the Federal Labor Relations Authority.
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Erin Mansfield, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2025
The Academy Awards are not the final arbiters of taste, artistry or even cultural impact.
—Dave Schilling, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2025
For over a century, a relative handful of daily newspapers, radio stations, and television networks attempted to play the role of neutral arbiters of truth for broad, ideologically diverse readerships.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
The audience included such style arbiters as Tracy Reese, Jeffrey Banks, B Michael, Elie Tahari, Alva Chinn, Deborah Roberts, Mark-Anthony Edwards, Teri Agins, Harriette Cole, Edvin Thompson, Chuks Collins, Constance R. White, Ralph Rucci and Fern Mallis.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 19 Feb. 2025
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Erin Mansfield, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2025
The Academy Awards are not the final arbiters of taste, artistry or even cultural impact.
—Dave Schilling, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2025
For over a century, a relative handful of daily newspapers, radio stations, and television networks attempted to play the role of neutral arbiters of truth for broad, ideologically diverse readerships.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
The audience included such style arbiters as Tracy Reese, Jeffrey Banks, B Michael, Elie Tahari, Alva Chinn, Deborah Roberts, Mark-Anthony Edwards, Teri Agins, Harriette Cole, Edvin Thompson, Chuks Collins, Constance R. White, Ralph Rucci and Fern Mallis.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 19 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for arbiter
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Being an associate member affords you access to some resources (like courses for your referees, for example) and a little funding.—
Nick Miller,
The Athletic,
21 Mar. 2025
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According to the report, in 2023 and 2024, more than half of rejections at the resonable grounds stage were because a referee had ‘insufficient proof,’ as opposed to just 3% in 2022, before the evidence threshold was changed.—
Frey Lindsay,
Forbes,
20 Mar. 2025
Noun
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In July, a Santa Fe judge dismissed Baldwin's involuntary manslaughter case.—
Janelle Ash,
FOXNews.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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Her father was an immigration lawyer in Vancouver, which was normal enough -- but her mother was a journalist and suffrage advocate, which was much less typical (Helen MacGill would later become the first woman appointed as a judge in British Columbia).—
Kiona N. Smith,
Forbes.com,
27 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Hopefully, the umpires don’t get discouraged or upset that people are doing it.—
Justice delos Santos,
The Mercury News,
8 Mar. 2025
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Extra bases: The first three times a call by home plate umpire Mike Muchlinski was challenged, his call was overturned by an ABS review.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Feb. 2025
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Two former Orland Park police officers, including one who an arbitrator ruled should be reinstated to his job, filed lawsuits against the village in federal court in Chicago.—
Mike Nolan,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Mar. 2025
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The arrest comes less than a year after an arbitrator awarded Netflix $8.8 million in damages over arbitration initiated by Rinsch, who alleged the streaming giant had breached their contract and owed him at least $14 million.—
Saba Hamedy,
NBC News,
18 Mar. 2025
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“Arbiter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arbiter. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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