Thesaurus results for ARBITERS

arbiters

noun

plural of arbiter

as in referees

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 arbiters Trans women and femmes have emerged as arbiters of Brazil’s dance music scene, from the body politics of Katy e as Abusadas’s abrasive funk bruxaria, to Pabllo Vittar’s high-glam pop crossovers. — Richard Villegas, Rolling Stone, 12 Oct. 2026 The move publicly challenges the accuracy of the state’s death determinations in an extraordinary move that breaks precedent that states are the arbiters of case and death determinations, not the CDC. — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 1 Sep. 2026 Two of the arbiters accompanied Espada to the pitcher’s mound, where Brown handed Espada the baseball. — Chandler Rome, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026 For the next fifty years, insurance companies, not doctors, were the chief arbiters of corpulence. — Literary Hub, 17 Aug. 2026 This setup, wherein a group of arbiters hide behind a curtain like the Wizard of Oz and hand down decisions that inflict generational trauma on entire countries, almost feels purposefully built to invite all sorts of wild speculation. — Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 14 July 2026 Just as decisions should be devolved to the smallest competent unit rather than centralized bureaucracies, customers — as the ultimate arbiters of value — must be empowered to judge what truly serves their needs and dignity. — Steve Denning, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026 Moreover, clinicians are winning more than 70% of IDR disputes because independent arbiters recognize that insurers are underpaying. — Torie Bosch, STAT, 11 Apr. 2026 Later, criticism also came from arbiters of high modernism, such as Clement Greenberg, who wrote off New Deal art as kitsch for the masses. — Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 9 Apr. 2026

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Now his son, Carl, is one of the top NFL referees and has worked three Super Bowls.

— Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
The technology allowed the referees to communicate with the replay center about reviews, scoring changes and clock malfunctions.

— Jessica Golden, CNBC, 11 Oct. 2026

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Nobody seriously argues that the gap proves our police, prosecutors, judges, and juries are biased against men.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2026
The California Attorney General’s Office, in a statement, said it was disappointed by the decision and reviewing the opinion from the judges.

— Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 16 Oct. 2026

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