How to Use arbitration in a Sentence

arbitration

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  • Last year, the Supreme Court turned down a bid by the church to handle the case in arbitration.
    — Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Sep. 2023
  • He’s had some in the past, and that’s the whole point of the nondisclosure agreement and the arbitration agreement.
    — Brent Schrotenboer, USA TODAY, 16 Mar. 2023
  • No date is currently set for the arbitration between Mars and the rest of the group.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 6 Apr. 2023
  • With Happ’s arbitration settled and salary in place for 2023, the focus shifts to long term.
    — Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 14 Jan. 2023
  • The arbitration award is not yet binding as the City Council hasn’t voted on the contract yet.
    — Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2023
  • After the arbitration award comes down, the city council will vote up or down on funding it.
    — Danny McDonald, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Dec. 2022
  • If not, an arbitration panel will pick either the salary the player requests or the salary the team requests.
    — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2023
  • Crawford’s attempt to settle the case in arbitration was denied by a judge in April of 2020.
    — Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 19 Oct. 2023
  • The judge says employees failed to opt out of arbitration, which would’ve given them a chance to settle things in court.
    — Emma Roth, The Verge, 16 Jan. 2023
  • Renfroe won his arbitration case with the Angels to make $11.9 million for the season.
    — Sarah Valenzuela, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2023
  • The church and some the critics landed in court before a Broward Circuit Court judge who ordered the parties to arbitration.
    — David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 12 Mar. 2023
  • López is out of minor league options and has one more year of club control with 2024 as his third and final year of arbitration.
    — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 2 Sep. 2023
  • Of those that have been resolved, most have settled or been sent to arbitration, where outcomes are not made public.
    — Hanna Kozlowska, Washington Post, 25 July 2023
  • People can decide to take the money or to fight for more through arbitration or in federal court.
    — Patrick Lohmann, ProPublica, 28 Sep. 2023
  • After Mars refused to sign the papers, the band commenced an arbitration.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 6 Apr. 2023
  • But the hospitals attacked the union’s decision to reject the arbitration offer and go on strike instead and called on nurses to reject the strike and stay on the job.
    — Chris Isidore, CNN, 9 Jan. 2023
  • Fearing the deal would close before the arbitration case was heard, Hall then filed the current lawsuit in Tennessee, seeking a court order to block the sale.
    — Bill Donahue, Billboard, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Many other points raised by the union seem likely to go to arbitration, Leonard said, where both parties debate over what’s required by the contract.
    — Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 7 July 2023
  • This week, the Rays stepped up and extended one of their own, lefty starter Jeffrey Springs, to a four-year, $31M deal that buys out his last two years of arbitration and his first two years of free agency.
    — Tony Blengino, Forbes, 27 Jan. 2023
  • In one offer, the owners offered up to dissolve salary arbitration in favor of a whole new system.
    — Maury Brown, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2023
  • There are a lot of reasons for that, opponents of arbitration argue.
    — Megan Leonhardt, Fortune, 3 Mar. 2023
  • New York also has a dozen players due raises through salary arbitration in 2024, though some will likely be cut free.
    — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 21 Aug. 2023
  • The attorney said the heart of the case – whether Mars was illegally severed from the band – is still heading to private arbitration later this year.
    — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 16 Jan. 2024
  • Woods’ attorney is trying to compel this dispute to go to arbitration based on that.
    — Brent Schrotenboer, USA TODAY, 8 May 2023
  • The contentious arbitration hearing between the club and Burnes doesn’t bode well for a long-term commitment, so this could be their last ride before they are moved a la Hader. 2.
    — Tony Blengino, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2023
  • The other was dismissed after being sent to arbitration, and terms of its resolution were not part of the public record.
    — Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Mar. 2024
  • The Houston Astros and a handful of players have agreed to contracts for the upcoming season, avoiding arbitration in the process.
    — Josh Criswell, Chron, 14 Jan. 2023
  • The state’s high court rules an Uber driver whose contract required him to take disputes to arbitration could represent his peers in a class-action suit.
    — Elvia Limón, Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2023
  • Lindell’s team said Zeidman did not win the contest, prompting him to file for arbitration.
    — Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al, 22 Apr. 2023
  • The lawsuit against Avila is in arbitration, and the lawsuit against Esparza is ongoing.
    — Claire Ballor, Dallas News, 30 May 2023

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