How to Use judgment call in a Sentence

judgment call

noun
  • The rules aren't clear in this case, so officials are required to make a judgment call.
  • Just the same, keep your risks down and make each risk a judgment call.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 22 Nov. 2019
  • The play is, by rule, a judgment call and not subject to replay.
    — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 16 Aug. 2025
  • Now, the unforced error is a judgment call, with a healthy gray area.
    — Craig O’Shannessy, New York Times, 8 June 2018
  • That left an important judgment call in the hands of the jurors.
    — Erik Wemple, Washington Post, 23 Sep. 2022
  • Or make sweets a judgment call rather than the result of strict accounting.
    — Lydia Denworth, Parents, 3 Sep. 2024
  • That’s a judgment call, of course, and just the kind that mainstream journalists were once trained to avoid.
    — Ron Elving, NPR, 14 Sep. 2024
  • And a person still has to make the judgment call when things get complicated.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 22 May 2026
  • Thinking and making a judgment call on the longevity of that idea is the next challenge.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
  • Many parents will want to test in that situation—t’s a judgment call.
    — Tara Haelle, Wired, 5 Mar. 2022
  • But this is a judgment call and your preference could be different.
    — Jack Guttentag, Forbes, 12 Oct. 2021
  • Granting pretrial release is a judgment call with high stakes.
    — Washington Post, 24 June 2021
  • Deciding which words are common enough for the bot to recommend has been a judgment call.
    — Aatish Bhatia, New York Times, 17 Dec. 2023
  • Often the placement of the boundary lines between species is little more than a judgment call.
    — Rebecca Heisman, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2024
  • Home plate umpires are at the heart of baseball; every single pitch can require a judgment call.
    — Mark T. Williams, Discover Magazine, 9 Apr. 2019
  • In the moment, that was quite a poor judgment call, because my emotions and adrenaline were so high.
    — Rob Reed, Forbes, 4 May 2021
  • Those doctors said the treatment did meet the standard of care, and some decisions were judgment calls.
    — Anne Saker, Cincinnati.com, 23 July 2019
  • Pollsters are hoping to learn from their mistakes, but their results are still largely a judgment call.
    — Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Brake early, always give the right of way, and never expect others on the road to make the safest judgment call.
    — Andrew Boloy, Sun Sentinel, 22 Sep. 2022
  • If the amount due is caused by a simple math error, my judgment call would be to pay it (but your accountant should be the judge).
    — Julie Jason, The Mercury News, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Swedish authorities looked at the facts and made a different judgment call.
    — Faye Flam Bloomberg Opinion (tns), Star Tribune, 15 Sep. 2020
  • After all, replay was never supposed to get involved in judgment calls.
    — Mike Pereira, sacbee, 10 Oct. 2017
  • An autonomous car might have to make a judgment call to either hit a child or run its passengers off the cliff.
    — Cyrus Hadavi, Forbes, 5 May 2021
  • The officials will never make a judgment call on feigning injuries.
    — Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Lightning and wind are the biggest concerns, and the decision on how to react is not left up to a judgment call.
    — al, 20 May 2022
  • Smith's strategy is a bit of a judgment call — and one that isn't be suggested by everyone.
    — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 28 Jan. 2021
  • Luna, Sherrod said, often opened his heart, and his home, to strangers — a poor judgment call that could have led to his demise.
    — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 13 July 2024
  • Others, though, say the decision to arrest or to not arrest is a judgment call — a call that could go either way.
    — Eileen Kelley, sun-sentinel.com, 11 July 2021
  • Fraser says her ability to make a judgment call — and then, in British fashion, get on with it—is a trait that’s served her well.
    — Claire Zillman, Fortune, 27 May 2026
  • Can your team make a judgment call about how long the window has been closed, plus the situation the customer is describing?
    — Serenity Gibbons, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2023

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