Arbiter
noun
A person who makes decisions, especially in disagreements.
The couple couldn't agree on the color of their new house, so they hired an arbiter to decide.
Often appears as...
- arbiter of taste
- arbiter of fashion
noun
A person who has power or influence in making decisions or shaping opinions.
As one of the industry's leading reviewers, she is considered an arbiter of good taste in books.
Often appears as...
- arbiter of style
- arbiter of good taste
noun
A person who makes decisions, especially in disagreements.
The couple couldn't agree on the color of their new house, so they hired an arbiter to decide.
Often appears as...
- arbiter of taste
- arbiter of fashion
noun
A person who has power or influence in making decisions or shaping opinions.
As one of the industry's leading reviewers, she is considered an arbiter of good taste in books.
Often appears as...
- arbiter of style
- arbiter of good taste
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Conflict Resolution
Arbiters resolve disagreements by making a final decision after considering both sides.
The arbiter ruled in favor of the tenant in the lease dispute.
Pro Tip 2/3Impartiality Expected
An arbiter should be unbiased and not favor any party in a disagreement.
As an arbiter, she maintained neutrality between the feuding musicians.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always a Judge
While arbiters make decisions, they aren't always formal judges; they can be mediators too.
The business partners agreed that an independent arbiter would settle their financial dispute.
Pro Tip 1/3Conflict Resolution
Arbiters resolve disagreements by making a final decision after considering both sides.
The arbiter ruled in favor of the tenant in the lease dispute.
Pro Tip 2/3Impartiality Expected
An arbiter should be unbiased and not favor any party in a disagreement.
As an arbiter, she maintained neutrality between the feuding musicians.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always a Judge
While arbiters make decisions, they aren't always formal judges; they can be mediators too.
The business partners agreed that an independent arbiter would settle their financial dispute.
Pro Tip 1/3Conflict Resolution
Arbiters resolve disagreements by making a final decision after considering both sides.
The arbiter ruled in favor of the tenant in the lease dispute.
Pro Tip 2/3Impartiality Expected
An arbiter should be unbiased and not favor any party in a disagreement.
As an arbiter, she maintained neutrality between the feuding musicians.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always a Judge
While arbiters make decisions, they aren't always formal judges; they can be mediators too.
The business partners agreed that an independent arbiter would settle their financial dispute.
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Economic growth has...
do they then decide it's important to provide support to other social contracts. Of course, in this system governments do tax, and they use part of their revenues to fund social programs, recognizing that government's role is not just regulation but also to be arbiter of social goods.
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Anne Curzan: What makes...
but there is no objective dictionary authority out there that is the final arbiter about what words mean. If a community of speakers is using a word and knows what it means, it's real. That word might be slangy, that word might be informal, that word might be a word that you think
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Dear Facebook, this is...
They could retrain their algorithms to focus on a metric other than engagement, and they could build in guardrails to stop certain content from going viral before being reviewed. And they could do all of this without becoming what they call the arbiters of truth.
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The era of blind faith...
before they decided to show us only things that our friends had posted. I have two more messages, one for the data scientists out there. Data we should not be the arbiters of truth. We should be translators of ethical discussions that happen in larger society.
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John Walker: Re-creating...
So let me tell you a little bit how this was done. First of all, let me get you to the end step. This is -- we have a fairly complex process that, you know, software and musicians and so on, but when we're all done, we know that the ear is the final arbiter.
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I grew up in the...
was itself a contradiction. It was growing evidence that people on the other side were not the demons I'd been led to believe. These realizations were life-altering. Once I saw that we were not the ultimate arbiters of divine truth but flawed human beings,
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Ghanaian Witches PIPE...
ultimate arbiter in such matters the fetish priests after offering libations to the ancestors the fetish priests announced a test that would shock many Westerners sanga's fate the entire course of her future life would be
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Witches of Ghana PIPE...
ultimate arbiter in such matters the fetish priests after offering libations to the ancestors the fetish priests announced a test that would shock many Westerners sanga's fate the entire course of her future life would be
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Ghanian Witches PIPE...
ultimate arbiter in such matters the fetish priests after offering libations to the ancestors the fetish priests announced a test that would shock many Westerners sanga's fate the entire course of her future life would be
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The tyranny of merit PIPE...
The role of college, the dignity of work and the meaning of success. We should begin by rethinking the role of universities as arbiters of opportunity.
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Economic growth has...
do they then decide it's important to provide support to other social contracts. Of course, in this system governments do tax, and they use part of their revenues to fund social programs, recognizing that government's role is not just regulation but also to be arbiter of social goods.
Video examples
Anne Curzan: What makes...
but there is no objective dictionary authority out there that is the final arbiter about what words mean. If a community of speakers is using a word and knows what it means, it's real. That word might be slangy, that word might be informal, that word might be a word that you think
Video examples
Dear Facebook, this is...
They could retrain their algorithms to focus on a metric other than engagement, and they could build in guardrails to stop certain content from going viral before being reviewed. And they could do all of this without becoming what they call the arbiters of truth.
Video examples
The era of blind faith...
before they decided to show us only things that our friends had posted. I have two more messages, one for the data scientists out there. Data we should not be the arbiters of truth. We should be translators of ethical discussions that happen in larger society.
Video examples
John Walker: Re-creating...
So let me tell you a little bit how this was done. First of all, let me get you to the end step. This is -- we have a fairly complex process that, you know, software and musicians and so on, but when we're all done, we know that the ear is the final arbiter.
Video examples
I grew up in the...
was itself a contradiction. It was growing evidence that people on the other side were not the demons I'd been led to believe. These realizations were life-altering. Once I saw that we were not the ultimate arbiters of divine truth but flawed human beings,
Video examples
Ghanaian Witches PIPE...
ultimate arbiter in such matters the fetish priests after offering libations to the ancestors the fetish priests announced a test that would shock many Westerners sanga's fate the entire course of her future life would be
Video examples
Witches of Ghana PIPE...
ultimate arbiter in such matters the fetish priests after offering libations to the ancestors the fetish priests announced a test that would shock many Westerners sanga's fate the entire course of her future life would be
Video examples
Ghanian Witches PIPE...
ultimate arbiter in such matters the fetish priests after offering libations to the ancestors the fetish priests announced a test that would shock many Westerners sanga's fate the entire course of her future life would be
Video examples
The tyranny of merit PIPE...
The role of college, the dignity of work and the meaning of success. We should begin by rethinking the role of universities as arbiters of opportunity.
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Wes Studi
American Actor
One of the things I learned early on was the system of believing: you have to believe in what you say. The camera is the arbiter of truth; it's the all-seeing eye that can pick out discrepancies. You can't lie to the camera. You must believe in what you're saying, or the audience won't believe you.
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Phil Klay
American Writer
I think that just because you've been through an experience doesn't make you the ultimate arbiter of what it means. We figure things out; we work things out through the help of other people who can engage with us but also be intelligently critical.
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Roman Coppola
American Director
The director is the ultimate creative arbiter of what's going to happen. And as a director myself, you really appreciate collaborating with people who are trying to help you find what you need and what you want.
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John Dykstra
American Scientist
Digital imaging has untied our hands with regards to technical limitations. We no longer have to be arbiters of technology; we get to participate in the interpretation of technology into creative content.
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Peter Paige
American Actor
We, as a culture, use television as at least one of the great arbiters of truth. Even though we know it's fiction, when we see it portrayed, we believe it. We recognize it as part of our culture.
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Cyril Ramaphosa
South African Politician
When courts rule in our country, we have them as the final arbiter on matters in which we might not agree on. And that is an important pillar of our democracy.
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Kerry Greenwood
Australian Author
Clothes were terribly important in the '20s. They really were an arbiter of who you were and how much money you had: an indicator of social status.
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Megan Phelps-Roper
American Activist
Once I saw that we were not the ultimate arbiters of divine truth but flawed human beings, I couldn't pretend otherwise.
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James Buchanan
American President
The ballot box is the surest arbiter of disputes among free men.
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Vera Wang
American Designer
I see myself as an arbiter of taste.
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Wes Studi
American Actor
One of the things I learned early on was the system of believing: you have to believe in what you say. The camera is the arbiter of truth; it's the all-seeing eye that can pick out discrepancies. You can't lie to the camera. You must believe in what you're saying, or the audience won't believe you.
Quote examples
Phil Klay
American Writer
I think that just because you've been through an experience doesn't make you the ultimate arbiter of what it means. We figure things out; we work things out through the help of other people who can engage with us but also be intelligently critical.
Quote examples
Roman Coppola
American Director
The director is the ultimate creative arbiter of what's going to happen. And as a director myself, you really appreciate collaborating with people who are trying to help you find what you need and what you want.
Quote examples
John Dykstra
American Scientist
Digital imaging has untied our hands with regards to technical limitations. We no longer have to be arbiters of technology; we get to participate in the interpretation of technology into creative content.
Quote examples
Peter Paige
American Actor
We, as a culture, use television as at least one of the great arbiters of truth. Even though we know it's fiction, when we see it portrayed, we believe it. We recognize it as part of our culture.
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Cyril Ramaphosa
South African Politician
When courts rule in our country, we have them as the final arbiter on matters in which we might not agree on. And that is an important pillar of our democracy.
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Kerry Greenwood
Australian Author
Clothes were terribly important in the '20s. They really were an arbiter of who you were and how much money you had: an indicator of social status.
Quote examples
Megan Phelps-Roper
American Activist
Once I saw that we were not the ultimate arbiters of divine truth but flawed human beings, I couldn't pretend otherwise.
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James Buchanan
American President
The ballot box is the surest arbiter of disputes among free men.
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Vera Wang
American Designer
I see myself as an arbiter of taste.
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