How to Use arbitrator in a Sentence

arbitrator

noun
  • Both sides agreed to accept a decision by an impartial arbitrator.
  • An arbitrator rejected the 49ers’ plea and raised the team’s rent by $10 million over the life of the lease.
    — San Francisco Chronicle, 5 Sep. 2021
  • Lum said the arbitrator’s ruling amounts to a slap on the wrist for the companies.
    — Max Siegelbaum, ProPublica, 22 Aug. 2023
  • But an arbitrator is not free and can charge more than $500 per hour.
    — Christopher A. Combs, The Arizona Republic, 16 Apr. 2024
  • The company asked a judge to send the case to an arbitrator, who would hear it in private.
    — Jack Ewing, New York Times, 19 Dec. 2022
  • The problem is who will be the arbitrator of what gets into our schools.
    — Jason Fields, The Week, 19 Apr. 2022
  • The union filed a grievance, and is now asking an arbitrator to force the district to pay up.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 1 Apr. 2021
  • Can an arbitrator be enlisted to force the Big 3 to sit down and get this mess worked out?
    — Dp Opinion, The Denver Post, 16 Oct. 2019
  • At the end of the day, a third party — a judge or an arbitrator — will make that decision.
    — Ethan Baron, The Mercury News, 10 Sep. 2019
  • In the end, in September 1988, an arbitrator ruled in The Times’s favor.
    — Sam Roberts, New York Times, 16 June 2023
  • Watson meets Tuesday with the league and the arbitrator.
    — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 27 June 2022
  • In it, the arbitrator went to great lengths to plead with Linda and Leigh to put aside their differences.
    — Bill Donahue, Billboard, 25 Jan. 2024
  • The case went to a hearing before an arbitrator this month.
    — John Carreyrou, New York Times, 22 Nov. 2023
  • Hils said the decision of the arbitrator can be appealed by the City of Cincinnati.
    — Cameron Knight, Cincinnati.com, 6 Dec. 2019
  • The arbitrator reduced that to 194 games and allowed Bauer to return right away.
    — Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2023
  • The settlement is not an admission of guilt and the arbitrator didn't rule on the merits of the claims about unpaid OT.
    — Jc Reindl, Detroit Free Press, 1 June 2022
  • The case went to arbitration and an arbitrator found in favor of the PR firm.
    — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2024
  • The union and the city reached an agreement after the contract went before an arbitrator.
    — Adam Ferrise, cleveland, 9 Oct. 2019
  • The arbitrators will decide whether the proceedings will be open to the public.
    — Joshua Fechter, ExpressNews.com, 30 Aug. 2019
  • What did the arbitrator say to the parties to explain his decision?
    — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2023
  • So far, the courts and an arbitrator have ruled in favor of the Coliseum.
    — Phil Matier, SFChronicle.com, 1 Nov. 2020
  • If those changes could be made, the arbitrator identified one key area for future growth: A movie.
    — Bill Donahue, Billboard, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Bill Graham was supposed to be a fair witness, an arbitrator, a guy in the middle.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 28 Feb. 2023
  • An arbitrator is scheduled to meet with both sides Dec. 16.
    — CBS News, 29 Nov. 2022
  • The arbitrator’s award is final and binding on the parties.
    — fieldandstream.com, 18 July 2024
  • But their response was to go into court themselves and ask that the courts throw out the arbitrator’s ruling in her favor.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 5 Nov. 2019
  • An arbitrator is set to help reach an agreement on the outstanding items.
    — Nicole Asbury, Washington Post, 26 June 2022
  • Though the show was canceled after one year, Jones became the first Black person and female to serve as a TV arbitrator.
    — Joelle Goldstein, PEOPLE.com, 10 Jan. 2022
  • If no agreement is reached by then, a neutral arbitrator will be selected, and the union and the postal service will present evidence.
    — Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 12 Feb. 2025
  • Last year, a labor arbitrator ruled that state agencies can require their employees to come to the office even if their union contracts give them the right to work from home, according to CalMatters.
    — Stephen Hobbs, Sacramento Bee, 6 Mar. 2025

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