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officiate

[uh-fish-ee-eyt] / əˈfɪʃ iˌeɪt /


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DeLorenzo spent nearly two decades as an official, working her way up through high school and various levels of college football, before becoming only the third woman to officiate NFL games.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

Scottish referee Hollie Davidson will make history on Saturday in Dublin when she becomes the first woman to officiate a men's Six Nations match.

From Barron's • Feb. 12, 2026

Most judges travel regularly to attend judicial conferences, to speak at bar associations and universities, or to officiate moot courts at law schools.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 11, 2026

Baulcomb retired from the Church of England in 2003 but received permission to officiate in the dioceses of Chichester and St Edmundsbury & Ipswich.

From BBC • Sep. 1, 2025

She couldn’t find her teeth and refused to officiate without them.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith




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