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  • verb Present participle of arbitrate.

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Examples

  • Pure critique — interrogates the aims and implementation on an abstract basis, with little interest in arbitrating upon quality, often as part of a wider theory — c.f. Todorov’s The Fantastic or Mendlesohn’s Rhetorics of Fantasy.

    Ethics and Enthusiasm Hal Duncan 2009

  • But her pride of superiority and love of sway were flattered by the idea of arbitrating in so great a cause; her secret malignity enjoyed the humiliation of her enemy; and her characteristic caution represented to her in formidable colors the danger of restoring to liberty one whom she had already offended beyond forgiveness.

    Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth Lucy Aikin 1822

  • But remember the umpire is not arbitrating warring parties.

    A Theory of Government, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

  • Israeli and Palestinian businessmen set out this summer to create a new forum for arbitrating business disagreements under the aegis of the International Chamber of Commerce.

    Andrew Engel: For Israeli-Palestinian Cooperation, Look to Iraq Andrew Engel 2011

  • Chris Bolt, the man who's had the happy task of arbitrating the chaos of the upgrade era, seemed to be saying I'm translating loosely here that there's masses of data explaining what's going on, but getting to grips with it is near impossible.

    Metropolitan Lines: tube mystery 2011

  • The two sides are negotiating a set of conditions for arbitrating the dispute outside of court.

    9/11 Museum Is Delayed Jennifer Maloney 2011

  • America's role in this process should be "facilitating, mediating, not arbitrating," a senior member of Mr. Karzai's government warned on Thursday.

    Taliban Pinpoint Limits of U.S. Peace Effort Yaroslav Trofimov 2012

  • Israeli and Palestinian businessmen set out this summer to create a new forum for arbitrating business disagreements under the aegis of the International Chamber of Commerce.

    Andrew Engel: For Israeli-Palestinian Cooperation, Look to Iraq Andrew Engel 2011

  • What was the judging criteria for arbitrating this kind of contest?

    Art of Home Building, Gingerbread Style Marshall Heyman 2011

  • Group members can also find contact information for lawyers who specialize in arbitrating and mediating franchise disputes.

    Useful Sites for Small Companies Suzanne Barlyn 2011

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