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as in decision
a position arrived at after consideration
the marketing consultant's verdict was that we were doing just fine
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as in opinion
an idea that is believed to be true or valid without positive knowledge
was anxious to hear her best friend's verdict on her new boyfriend
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Recent Examples of verdict
But smart companies and consultants like Wright aren't sitting and hoping, waiting for the ban verdict to arrive.
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Jodie Cook, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
Within 24 hours of the guilty verdict, Trump's campaign boasted of raising millions of dollars.
—Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 10 Jan. 2025
The jury’s May 30 verdict found Trump, 78, guilty of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records stemming from a scheme to hide embarrassing details about his past from voters.
—Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 10 Jan. 2025
The verdict came more than a year after a grand jury indicted Trump on March 30, 2023, marking the first time a former or sitting president faced criminal charges.
—Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 3 Jan. 2025
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Jodie Cook, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
Within 24 hours of the guilty verdict, Trump's campaign boasted of raising millions of dollars.
—Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 10 Jan. 2025
The jury’s May 30 verdict found Trump, 78, guilty of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records stemming from a scheme to hide embarrassing details about his past from voters.
—Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 10 Jan. 2025
The verdict came more than a year after a grand jury indicted Trump on March 30, 2023, marking the first time a former or sitting president faced criminal charges.
—Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 3 Jan. 2025
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The essential modern text is Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, the 2010 Supreme Court decision that equates money with speech, resulting in an ever more corrupt system of campaign finance.David Remnick, The New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2025
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The decision appeared to catch even prosecutors by surprise, though by the time Madigan faces cross-examination, they will undoubtedly be loaded for bear.Megan Crepeau, Chicago Tribune, 12 Jan. 2025
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In its detailed analysis of the topic, the board cited numerous past board rulings and Supreme Court decisions that say that employers have the right to express their opinions about unions and unionization, but not to compel employees to listen.Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025
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That is the person’s opinion, but compare that with then-President Donald Trump’s incitement of an insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021, that led to a loss of life, based on what were proved to be false claims of significant voter fraud.Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 9 Jan. 2025
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Given that on landing its rotors broke off, that's a pretty definitive conclusion.David Szondy, New Atlas, 18 Jan. 2025
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Studies have repeatedly found evidence that dairy may lower the risk of breast cancer but have reached differing conclusions about whether dairy promotes or staves off prostate cancer.Kaitlin Sullivan, Health, 18 Jan. 2025
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Venus will conjunct Saturn in Pisces — shaking your expansive ninth house of adventure, wisdom and belief systems — presenting you with a chance to harness your intuition and emotional intelligence to create a practical plan.Valerie Mesa, People.com, 17 Jan. 2025
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The justice came to a new view: The government’s argument that Ali’s religion was racist was a misrepresentation of the fighter’s true beliefs.Mikal Gilmore, Rolling Stone, 17 Jan. 2025
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Photo : Simon Berlyn A view of the chef’s kitchen and adjacent dining room.Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 8 Jan. 2025
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Solita Marcelli, chief investment officer for the Americas at UBS, also had a more sanguine view of the latest services data.Fred Imbert, CNBC, 8 Jan. 2025
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Substack When people think of Substack, the publishing platform that hosts some of the biggest and highest-paying newsletters of the day, front-facing, short-form video content doesn’t necessarily come to mind.CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 17 Jan. 2025
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This was not out of choice: After his capture and before his execution, Höss was ordered to write his memoir, giving an insight into the workings of a mind that was both ordinary and chillingly evil.Saskya Vandoorne, CNN, 17 Jan. 2025
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“Verdict.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/verdict. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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