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.
  • Manafort declined to waive his right to have the charges adjudicated in Virginia.
    Washington Post, 4 May 2018
  • Look, this bill also gives the money necessary to adjudicate.
    Stefan Becket, CBS News, 2 Oct. 2024
  • Some cases have been adjudicated, while others are still pending.
    NBC News, 26 Apr. 2018
  • Cloudflare is in a lousy position to adjudicate these situations knowing that someone is bound to be unhappy with its decision.
    Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 31 July 2024
  • Skeen has continued to work for the Kansas City Fire Department as the case was adjudicated.
    William Cummings, USA TODAY, 10 May 2018
  • The women, who claim they were assaulted, groped, or raped by Uber drivers, want the board to release them from their arbitration clause so the lawsuit can be adjudicated in public.
    Claire Zillman, Fortune, 27 Apr. 2018
  • As a result, firefighter Sanchez has been placed on administrative leave while this situation is adjudicated through the court system.
    Meghan E. Irons, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Apr. 2018
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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

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