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or judgements
1
as in findings
a decision made by a court or tribunal regarding a case it has heard
the court will give its judgment in this case tomorrow morning
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2
as in decisions
a position arrived at after consideration
built her fortune by making intelligent judgments about the performance of stocks
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3
as in opinions
an idea that is believed to be true or valid without positive knowledge
your judgment of the situation isn't a very good one
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4
as in perceptions
an opinion on the nature, character, or quality of something
critical judgment on that new comedy has been overwhelmingly negative
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Recent Examples of judgments
Know When To Trust Snap Judgments Snap judgments, especially in crisis or critical situations, are essential for leaders.
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Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
In The Girlfriend, the truth is malleable, open to change based on our biases, judgments, whimsies, and desires.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
The verdict was the final of three judgements against the powerful Shinawatra family, which has dominated Thailand’s turbulent and often violent political scene for more than 20 years.
—Helen Regan, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
Grab it in this money-saving trio and give one to a friend or just keep them all for yourself—no judgments.
—Elizabeth Denton, StyleCaster, 9 Sep. 2025
The cumulative effect is fewer community judgments and more private, judicial and legislative control over outcomes.
—Richard Lorren Jolly, The Conversation, 5 Sep. 2025
To grant a stay would be to defy the Supreme Court's decisions that bind our judgments.
—Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 3 Sep. 2025
And the sweeping set of criminal charges and civil judgments that once threatened his fortune and freedom are crumbling in appellate courts — a trajectory some experts say could lead to total exoneration.
—Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 26 Aug. 2025
The answer depends entirely on subjective judgements, and people have wildly differing notions of what behaviors are appropriate.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 26 Aug. 2025
Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
In The Girlfriend, the truth is malleable, open to change based on our biases, judgments, whimsies, and desires.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
The verdict was the final of three judgements against the powerful Shinawatra family, which has dominated Thailand’s turbulent and often violent political scene for more than 20 years.
—Helen Regan, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
Grab it in this money-saving trio and give one to a friend or just keep them all for yourself—no judgments.
—Elizabeth Denton, StyleCaster, 9 Sep. 2025
The cumulative effect is fewer community judgments and more private, judicial and legislative control over outcomes.
—Richard Lorren Jolly, The Conversation, 5 Sep. 2025
To grant a stay would be to defy the Supreme Court's decisions that bind our judgments.
—Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 3 Sep. 2025
And the sweeping set of criminal charges and civil judgments that once threatened his fortune and freedom are crumbling in appellate courts — a trajectory some experts say could lead to total exoneration.
—Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 26 Aug. 2025
The answer depends entirely on subjective judgements, and people have wildly differing notions of what behaviors are appropriate.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 26 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for judgments
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Climate scientists have faced not only extreme working conditions, but also antagonistic political movements that reject their findings and attempt to defund their work entirely.—
Yasemin Saplakoglu,
Quanta Magazine,
15 Sep. 2025
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Given the findings that people are not using ChatGPT for their jobs, the paper seeks to find other economic value for the tech.—
Senior Reporter,
PC Magazine,
15 Sep. 2025
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Low, who has been in regular contact with NRC colleagues on the ground — most of them local staff — said civilians are being forced into impossible decisions as the offensive intensifies.—
Kaity Kline,
NPR,
18 Sep. 2025
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These decisions were not science.—
Lila Rose,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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So their opinions are uninformed.—
Tim Brinkhof,
Big Think,
15 Sep. 2025
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Yet with the win in his back pocket, Vrabel clearly felt comfortable letting his opinions fly on a victory Monday.—
Michael Hurley,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Sep. 2025
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For some, broader concerns about city services, quality of life, homelessness and general perceptions of public safety are feeding into something akin to an existential angst, even as homicide numbers and other crime statistics fall to a 10-year low.—
Frederick Melo,
Twin Cities,
19 Sep. 2025
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According to Gallup, employee engagement correlates strongly with positive perceptions of leadership and management.—
Cheryl Robinson,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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In the past, a majority of the Supreme Court judges who ruled on the Bolsonaro case have delivered verdicts that hurt Lula and favoured Bolsonaro.—
Adriana Carranca,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
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In a statement to USA TODAY, one of Combs’ attorneys, Erica Wolff, said the jury’s not-guilty verdicts undermine the validity of the civil claims.—
Gina Barton,
USA Today,
7 Sep. 2025
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But these surveys, many of them credible and worth considering, often spit out different data, allowing interested readers to draw different, sometimes contradictory, conclusions.—
David M. Drucker,
Twin Cities,
19 Sep. 2025
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By the same token, passing peer review doesn’t mean that everything in the piece, from the methods to the results to the conclusions, is sound and unimpeachable.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
19 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The key mechanism was impermanence focus; the realization that negative feelings fade with time and don't define our long-term trajectory.—
Mark Murphy,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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Positive feedback enhanced their feelings of uniqueness (a key aspect of grandiose narcissism).—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
18 Sep. 2025
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Pre- and post-mission evaluations will be compared to in-flight data to better understand how the deep space mission influences the crew's alertness, stress and ability to work together cohesively.—
Josh Dinner,
Space.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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The court ruled his capacity to proceed is in question despite prior local evaluations.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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“Judgments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/judgments. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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