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
Reinaldo Herrera, an arbiter of the social set and international style, has died at the age of 91.
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Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 18 Mar. 2025
The appearance of the four justice attendees comes as the court serves as the final arbiter of the dozens of legal challenges mounted against Trump’s blizzard of early actions.
—Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 5 Mar. 2025
Government lawyers aren’t the final arbiters on what’s legal.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 27 Feb. 2025
Ross’ only criterion would be whether a story was interesting – with Ross the arbiter of what counted as interesting.
—Christopher B. Daly, The Conversation, 11 Feb. 2025
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Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 18 Mar. 2025
The appearance of the four justice attendees comes as the court serves as the final arbiter of the dozens of legal challenges mounted against Trump’s blizzard of early actions.
—Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 5 Mar. 2025
Government lawyers aren’t the final arbiters on what’s legal.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 27 Feb. 2025
Ross’ only criterion would be whether a story was interesting – with Ross the arbiter of what counted as interesting.
—Christopher B. Daly, The Conversation, 11 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for arbiter
Noun
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Maurice Hinton admitted to a series of ethical violations in his guilty plea accepted by discipline case referee Judge Ori Silver and the state Supreme Court.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
2 Apr. 2025
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With Dober not defending, referee Mike Beltran correctly waved off the contest.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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Additionally, Newsom promised to publicize the findings to the judges who will rule over the recent sentencing motion in LA Superior Court and Hochman.—
Jenny Goldsberry,
The Washington Examiner,
8 Apr. 2025
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Back in February, the judge hinted the defamation claim would survive but the extortion claim appeared destined for dismissal.—
Nancy Dillon,
Rolling Stone,
8 Apr. 2025
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Twins manager tossed Twins manager Rocco Baldelli was ejected from the game in the bottom of the sixth after arguing a pitch-clock violation call by home plate umpire.—
Blair Kerkhoff,
Kansas City Star,
8 Apr. 2025
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The umpires called back-to-back balks on Gillaspie for stopping during his windup.—
Sean Hammond,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Apr. 2025
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This decision follows a 2024 arbitration ruling in which McDonough was awarded nearly $3 million after an NFL arbitrator appointed by Commissioner Roger Goodell, Jeffrey Mishkin, determined the Cardinals had defamed him.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
14 Feb. 2025
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Tom Wilson also had a 20-game suspension decreased to 14 by an arbitrator in 2018.—
Joe Smith,
The Athletic,
5 Feb. 2025
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“Arbiter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arbiter. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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