noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
final
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The party has the right of appeal to the Secretary of State who is the final arbiter .
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Science is the final arbiter and a self-correcting process in the development of trustworthy knowledge.
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But he is, none the less, the head of the family, the final arbiter .
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That was the key - the final arbiter of success or failure.
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The Houses of Parliament are also the final arbiters of the tenure of office of judges of the Supreme Court.
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Who will be the final arbiter ?
■ VERB
become
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After Newcastle died in 1768 it was the latter who became the arbiters of the county's taste and public behaviour.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Many a western arbiter of taste frowned upon the above paintings when in the form of gilt-framed reproductions.
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Once again the United States seemed to be the arbiter of war and peace in the Middle East.
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That was the key - the final arbiter of success or failure.
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The best sort of customers were important in themselves but they were more important as the arbiters of social fashion.
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The Houses of Parliament are also the final arbiters of the tenure of office of judges of the Supreme Court.
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The real arbiters of fashion at the Super Show are the retailers.
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Though everybody pays lip service to performance, politics is often the ultimate arbiter of their fate.