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judgment call
noun
- Sports. an observational ruling by a referee or umpire that is necessarily subjective because of the disputable nature of the play in question, and one that may be appealed but not protested, as opposed to a matter of official rule interpretation:
Balks and close plays at first are of course judgment calls, and umpires are human.
- any subjective or debatable determination; personal opinion or interpretation.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of judgment call1
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Example Sentences
Granting pretrial release is a judgment call with high stakes.
This came Wednesday night at Wrigley Field, with a judgment call by home plate umpire Chris Conroy.
In short, the existing data makes fracking seem like a judgment call.
“Our EP made a judgment call as to what he felt was appropriate for our show, our audience, and our time period,” she says.
Daniel Stone explains the controversial judgment call—and how the “gory” images could have backfired.
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