How to Use arbiter in a Sentence

arbiter

noun
  • Time is the arbiter of what works in a garden and what doesn’t.
    — Maureen Gilmer, idahostatesman, 14 Feb. 2018
  • Lake would serve as the final arbiter.
    — David Folkenflik, NPR, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Users are always the rightful arbiters when the rules are fair.
    — Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
  • There’s an overt praising of police as a moral arbiter.
    — J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The front row was well stocked with arbiters from both sides of the Atlantic.
    — Nicole Phelps, Vogue, 15 Feb. 2018
  • For decades, brands have been the arbiters and gatekeepers of style.
    — Corey Buhay, Outside, 15 Sep. 2025
  • So far, the arbiters of the term have been white men of privilege, but so what?
    — refinery29.com, 3 July 2018
  • The researchers don’t claim that magnetism is the arbiter of the fate of all worlds.
    — Quanta Magazine, 7 June 2021
  • He was also known as an arbiter of taste and a branding guru.
    — Vogue, 14 Dec. 2021
  • Fans booed the arbiter; the video was viewed almost 4 million times.
    — Gary Peterson, The Mercury News, 2 Aug. 2019
  • Who will be the arbiter of which copies are closest to the original?
    — Rick Prelinger, Wired, 20 Apr. 2021
  • In most cases, the parents are the arbiters of which chicks remain in the nest.
    — Scott Travers, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Dubai is still holding strong as the Gulf region’s arbiter of style.
    — Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 22 Aug. 2025
  • She was never trained as an actress, but her eye for style was honed among the sharpest arbiters of the day.
    — Cindy Dampier, chicagotribune.com, 18 June 2018
  • Who gets to be the arbiter of what intelligence is and who, or what, has it?
    — Big Think, 6 Apr. 2026
  • So the key distinction is that there’s a neutral arbiter.
    — John E. Jones, Fortune, 23 Jan. 2026
  • But what’s very clear is that coaches aren’t equipped to be the sole arbiters of those decisions.
    — Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 11 July 2023
  • And by the Supreme Court, of course, which tends to be the final arbiter of it all.
    — Adam J. White, WSJ, 2 Sep. 2022
  • Many brands also said Walmart is the final arbiter of prices on its shelves.
    — Juweek Adolphe, NPR, 14 Jan. 2025
  • The duo is ten years into a career as arbiters of progressive house, trance and dance pop.
    — Katie Bain, Billboard, 14 June 2019
  • And from bling to cap, lit, woke and even 6-7, hip-hop is today's verbal arbiter.
    — Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 29 Jan. 2026
  • So when peer review is extolled as the arbiter of truth, Errington balks.
    — Andrea Morris, Forbes, 5 May 2022
  • But who died and made Google the ultimate arbiter of knowledge?
    — Washington Post, 19 Oct. 2020
  • This is perhaps the biggest reason wins and losses cannot be the arbiter of success.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Aug. 2019
  • If the arbiter decides Skubal is worth more than that, he’ll be paid $32 million.
    — Levi Weaver, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2026
  • The chatbot should be a conduit for the information of the world, not an arbiter of truth.
    — Mike Caulfield, The Atlantic, 9 May 2025
  • In the case of a stalemate, courts may ultimately have to serve as the final arbiter.
    — NBC News, 21 Mar. 2021
  • To make these giant proclamations, as though any of us are the arbiters of someone else’s life, to me doesn’t make sense.
    — Alissa Wilkinson, Vox, 24 July 2019
  • The Supreme Court is already the final arbiter over ethics and the law in our system.
    — Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Orange County Register, 4 Oct. 2024
  • In many ways, credit scores have become the arbiter of who gets to live the good life in America.
    — Mya Frazier, New York Times, 7 June 2023

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