How to Use arbitration in a Sentence

arbitration

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  • It’s part of the game and part of the arbitration process.
    — Nathan Ruiz, Baltimore Sun, 24 Mar. 2022
  • The the union is seeking arbitration for the top 80% of the two-year class.
    — Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 24 Feb. 2022
  • 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
  • The Supreme Court has been friendly to arbitration in the past.
    — Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Mar. 2022
  • 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
  • Off the field, the 28-year-old Fried still has a salary arbitration hearing in the near future.
    — Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al, 9 June 2022
  • In the summer of 1995, the Wings won an arbitration case against him and he was declared a free agent.
    — Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press, 7 June 2022
  • Most of the legal claims have since been moved to arbitration.
    — Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Apr. 2024
  • 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 contract is the fourth-largest for a player who hasn’t even reached arbitration yet.
    — Matt Young, Chron, 3 June 2022
  • So when a union member in the BOP has a grievance, one way to work things out is through arbitration.
    — Walter Pavlo, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2021
  • What Straw gave up: The Guardians purchased all of Straw’s arbitration years and his first year of free agency in 2026.
    — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 9 Apr. 2022
  • If an agreement cannot be reached, the player and team will go to arbitration.
    — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 18 Nov. 2022
  • In May 2022, a judge denied the league’s motions to dismiss the suit and to compel a closed-door arbitration.
    — New York Times, 7 June 2022
  • There’s also the chance of long-term deals for players not yet in arbitration.
    — Nathan Ruiz, Baltimore Sun, 5 Oct. 2022
  • Bloomberg reports that the case will be going to arbitration in France soon.
    — Melvin Backman, Quartz, 3 Apr. 2024
  • The Reds haven’t had an arbitration hearing with a player since Alex Wood in 2019.
    — Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 23 Mar. 2022
  • 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
  • Rather than lose an arbitration case, the Bruins cut him loose.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 18 July 2022
  • After the arbitration award comes down, the city council will vote up or down on funding it.
    — Danny McDonald, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Dec. 2022
  • The team will have $76 million on the books six years from now – without the next round of arbitration, raises, or signings.
    — Dan Schlossberg, Forbes, 10 Oct. 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
  • Earlier this month, a judge ruled that the lawsuit UTA filed would move to arbitration.
    — Wendy Lee, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2024
  • Cleveland, like most clubs, has taken a file-and-trail approach to this stage of arbitration.
    — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 22 Mar. 2022
  • Renfroe won his arbitration case with the Angels to make $11.9 million for the season.
    — Sarah Valenzuela, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2023
  • Rasmussen was one of six Rays remaining in the arbitration process, facing a Thursday 1 p.m. deadline to agree to terms or head to a hearing.
    — Marc Topkin, Orlando Sentinel, 8 Jan. 2025
  • King recently reached an agreement with the Padres for a new contract, avoiding arbitration.
    — Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 1 Feb. 2025

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