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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
This year in particular has felt rife with collaborations, from arbiters of taste both sartorial and sensory.
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Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 23 Dec. 2024
Yet even these arbiters of digital trends seemed genuinely intrigued.
—Jackie Snow, Quartz, 21 Oct. 2024
To uphold the Constitution, politicians and government are supposed to be neutral arbiters of the law.
—The Denver Post, 11 Oct. 2024
Patients, not the government, should be the arbiters of price and quality.
—Ge Bai, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
CIOs serve as the arbiters and guides to a brave new world that’s powered by LLMs and AI - a role that is now more relevant than ever.
—Chris Westfall, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024
The arbiters of style, function and quality in Amazon’s comments section tend to look for a few important criteria before granting the holy grail label to a travel bag.
—Kristine Solomon, Travel + Leisure, 5 Oct. 2024
But the 22 million Americans ages 15 to 19 exist in the wider world as well — as students, employees, neighbors and cultural arbiters.
—Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
Even as the United States entered World War II and faced an uncertain future, experts addressed the American people as the rightful arbiters of their country’s foreign policy.
—Daniel Bessner, Foreign Affairs, 5 Apr. 2017
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“Arbiters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arbiters. Accessed 27 Dec. 2024.
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