adjudicate
verb (used with object)
to pronounce or decree by judicial sentence.
were adjudicating
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past progressiveof adjudicate.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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At the time when both were adjudicating cases at the Hyattsville courthouse, the National Association of Women Judges said it believed they were the first mother-daughter duo to simultaneously hold judgeships in the same court.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 5, 2022
