How to Use prejudge in a Sentence

prejudge

verb
  • She was wrong for prejudging him.
  • Officials complain that some reporters have prejudged the outcome of the investigation.
  • One of his lawyers has cautioned the public against prejudging the case.
    — Mark Scolforo and Michael R. Sisak, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
  • The Ginsburg rule is the idea that justices shouldn't prejudge.
    — James Brown, USA TODAY, 26 June 2022
  • The logic is to separate a player but not prejudge him.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 9 Jan. 2026
  • But the court would not prejudge the fairness of the proceedings agreed to by Flores in his contract.
    — Chris Deubert, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
  • The groups say the quote indicates has prejudged an entire category of people who come to his court.
    — Gabrielle Banks, Houston Chronicle, 2 Mar. 2018
  • Many people have prejudged black boys as more violent, disruptive and dangerous than white kids of the same age.
    — jsonline.com, 27 Apr. 2017
  • Trump has never been one to shy away from prejudging the outcome of investigations.
    — Abby Phillip, Washington Post, 18 May 2017
  • The managers also called on senators not to prejudge the proceedings.
    — Grace Segers, CBS News, 18 Jan. 2020
  • In some ways, whether it gets removed or not is one of those funny evidentiary things where, to some extent, the judge has to almost prejudge the case.
    — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Critics say the embassy move prejudges the outcome of any future negotiations over the city.
    — Isabel Kershner, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2018
  • This knowledge is more valuable than prejudging others solely for their appearance.
    — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive.com, 9 Aug. 2019
  • Students must be assessed according to merit and accomplishment, not prejudged by the color of their skin.
    — Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 14 Mar. 2025
  • The only way to combat all forms of prejudice is to see them as different aspects of the same root, prejudging another group of people.
    — baltimoresun.com, 3 Sep. 2019
  • The commission said the opening of a formal investigation does not prejudge its outcome.
    — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 4 Dec. 2025
  • Commissioners, whose work is quasi-judicial, usually refrain from opining on issues before them so as not to prejudge a case.
    — Ryan Randazzo, The Arizona Republic, 17 Nov. 2020
  • Again, not prejudging what the conclusions will be but what the Saudis are doing here is not taking control of a single team or hiring one player.
    — CBS News, 18 June 2023
  • For a president of the United States to prejudge such a matter is completely outrageous.
    — The Editors, National Review, 25 Sep. 2021
  • In any case, everybody, in any workplace, deserves better than to be marginalized and prejudged and endure a hostile environment.
    — Greg Cote, miamiherald, 6 Oct. 2017
  • Students should be assessed according to merit, accomplishment and character—not prejudged by the color of their skin.
    — Dan Perry, Newsweek, 19 Feb. 2025
  • That is why a thorough investigation is needed, one that does not prejudge the outcome and so is as credible as possible, even to partisans.
    — Donald Ayer and Norman Eisen, CNN, 20 Aug. 2021
  • Roys said Republican members of the committee appeared to want the nominees to prejudge cases that could come before them.
    — Kelly Meyerhofer, Journal Sentinel, 12 Mar. 2024
  • But the superluxury setting has led to the project’s being prejudged as an emblem of globalization rather than of global consciousness-raising.
    — Holland Cotter, New York Times, 27 Oct. 2016
  • Trump said his decision merely recognizes the fact that Jerusalem already serves as Israel's capital and is not meant to prejudge the final borders of the city.
    — Ian Deitch, chicagotribune.com, 23 Dec. 2017
  • Most countries have maintained their embassies in Tel Aviv so as to not prejudge the outcome of peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians.
    — Fox News, 6 Sep. 2018
  • The White House is expecting the Republican counteroffer by Thursday and doesn’t want to prejudge what’s in there.
    — Lisa Mascaro and Jonathan Lemire, chicagotribune.com, 25 May 2021
  • Mangione's lawyer there, Thomas Dickey, has cautioned against prejudging the case and said his client would contest his extradition to New York.
    — Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 15 Dec. 2024
  • Mangione's lawyer there, Thomas Dickey, has cautioned against prejudging the case and said that his client would contest his extradition to New York.
    — CBS News, 14 Dec. 2024
  • Trump’s defense on Monday asked for Chutkan’s recusal, saying the veteran jurist appeared to have prejudged the former president’s guilt.
    — Rachel Weiner, Washington Post, 15 Sep. 2023

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