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arbitrates

  • present tense form
    of arbitrate (3rd person singular).
    arbitrate
    verb (used with object)
    to decide as arbitrator or arbiter; determine.

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She arbitrates among the parties, first for outright dismissal and then for a more reasonable, so to speak, ransom.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

So the Advisory Commission, which arbitrates between the victims of spoliation and the holders of disputed cultural property, is often claimants’ only recourse.

From New York Times ● Jan. 25, 2021

Instead, they’re pushing for a complete overhaul of the system by which the university arbitrates sexual harassment claims.

From Slate ● Sep. 14, 2017

Even as it has become a forum for more sensational events, live and otherwise, it has said it does not want to be a media company that overly arbitrates what is posted on its site.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 17, 2017

He is not just who arbitrates by will.

From The Buddha's Path of Virtue A Translation of the Dhammapada by Frank Lee Woodward