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
Your mileage may vary with senseless AI text as a source of amusement, but there’s something to be said about foregrounding AI’s often absurd flaws and its potential for misuse, rather than dressing it up as some impartial arbiter of factuality.
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Frank Landymore,
Futurism,
13 May 2026
Awards are only one arbiter of impact, obviously.
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Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
11 May 2026
For outcomes to be taken more seriously by the industry, a third-party arbiter would likely have to take control of many of the measures of outcomes – or individual advertisers will have to work with a media company to design a framework around measuring goals.
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Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
7 May 2026
In corporate finance, operating margin is the ultimate arbiter of enterprise health.
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Katica Roy,
Fortune,
2 May 2026
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Frank Landymore,
Futurism,
13 May 2026
Awards are only one arbiter of impact, obviously.
—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
11 May 2026
For outcomes to be taken more seriously by the industry, a third-party arbiter would likely have to take control of many of the measures of outcomes – or individual advertisers will have to work with a media company to design a framework around measuring goals.
—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
7 May 2026
In corporate finance, operating margin is the ultimate arbiter of enterprise health.
—
Katica Roy,
Fortune,
2 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for arbiter
Recent Examples of Synonyms for arbiter
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As Cape Verde prepared its defense, the referee blew the whistle, meaning Messi could proceed.
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Andy Davies, a referee who worked in the Premier League and Championship and was a Select Group referee for over 12 seasons, published a short analysis of the VAR process on this play for ESPN, saying that the review should never have taken place.
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Over three days in the downtown courtroom in June, a Times reporter observed how many immigrants were funneled into the courtroom in groups, and the judge rarely addressed them directly, typically calling up around five cases at a time.
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Prior to the trial beginning, the judge agreed that questions about Brown’s felony conviction for his 2009 assault on then-girlfriend Rihanna would be barred from testimony.
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On Monday night, Contreras was ejected in the second inning after a check-swing strikeout prompted him to give a sarcastic ABS challenge gesture at the umpire, earning an instant boot.
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First base umpire Nic Lentz ejected him in the second inning after Lentz ruled Contreras failed to check his swing on a Miles Mikolas pitch that ended up being a strikeout.
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An arbitrator overturned the university’s termination, ordering them to reinstate the professor of justice studies.
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Last year, an arbitrator ruled against the director, according to court filings.
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“Arbiter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arbiter. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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