judgments

noun

variants or judgements
plural of judgment
1
as in rulings
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 assessments
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 TypeSafe says Jev is designed to handle these judgments faster and more cheaply than general-purpose language models, but with the same ability to set up the classifier through easy, natural language instructions that LLMs offer. — Wen Shao, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2026 Across 13 experiments involving four models and nearly 8,000 trials, the researchers found that AI systems made systematic biased judgments. — Ashique Khudabukhsh, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2026 Law is imprecise, in that it is tasked with finding repeatable judgements out of a series of unique cases. — James Folta, Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2026 But choosing Wilson and leaving Clark outside the top five are very different judgments. — Dan Zaksheske Outkick, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2026 The whole program was abandoned in 2025, with Meta claiming that expert judgments had come to be experienced as biased censorship. — Simon Denny, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026 The states likewise argued that the board does not raise First Amendment concerns, arguing that the deal will not put the court in the position of adjudicating news judgments. — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 28 Sep. 2026 This is one method within the wider discipline, with engineering and assurance judgments retaining their authority. — Mohammed Cherifi, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026 Also this year, New Mexico won judgments totaling $942 million from Meta in a two-phase trial about the company’s safety protections for minors. — Mikella Schuettler, ABC News, 23 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for judgments
  1. rulings
  2. decisions
  3. opinions
  4. assessments
  5. sentences
  6. verdicts
  7. beliefs
  8. appraisals
Noun
  • The evidence is in statements, rulings, orders and outright anger during hearings.
    — Gary Fields, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Get timely insight into the cases, rulings, and constitutional questions defining America’s legal landscape.
    — Washington Examiner, The Washington Examiner, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of rulings
Noun
  • Called Motor Decide, the tool is designed to help industries evaluate electric motor technologies and make informed decisions under uncertain market conditions.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2026
  • The measure works largely by imposing deadlines on state agencies and courts to issue decisions quickly.
    — Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of decisions
Noun
  • The technology does not have opinions about its own existence.
    — Stephen Messer, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Their opinions were decidedly split about whether these tools were useful out of the box, without a ton of oversight and training by the user.
    — Adam Clark Estes, Vox, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of opinions
Noun
  • The label made viewers perceive less effort behind the work, which reduced their willingness to engage with the brand and lowered their assessments of product quality.
    — Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Both Brawley and Carvalho relied heavily on technology and regular digital student assessments.
    — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of assessments
Noun
  • Three men in Mexico received 158-year prison sentences Friday for the murders of Australian surfers Callum and Jake Robinson and their American friend Carter Redd Rhoad.
    — Robert McGreevy, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Trump had called for the leakers to face long-term jail sentences.
    — Chad de Guzman, Time, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of sentences
Noun
  • Kang also points to the pairing of family drama with a mystery that keeps forcing audiences to rethink both the characters and their own verdicts.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026
  • The verdicts followed a month-long trial that included testimony about one victim pleading for his life before the killings.
    — Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of verdicts
Noun
  • David Jolly is the son of a preacher man, but has vowed never to use his religion as a cudgel against anyone’s beliefs.
    — Letters to the Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Chuuraa Evgenia Arbugaeva (UK 2026, 18 min) A Sakha scientist journeys into Siberia’s melting permafrost, where the past emerges alongside ancestral beliefs.
    — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of beliefs
Noun
  • The company’s responsibilities have included negotiating acquisitions, structuring deals, ensuring project appraisals are completed and collaborating with the state agency that Bell leads.
    — Rob Davis, ProPublica, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The shop also provides research and appraisals of instruments.
    — Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2026
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“Judgments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/judgments. Accessed 21 Oct. 2026.

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