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prejudge

[pree-juhj] / priˈdʒʌdʒ /
VERB
presuppose
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The findings issued Friday don’t prejudge the final outcome, the commission said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

He said the inquiry would establish the facts and appealed to devotees not to prejudge the outcome.

From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026

The formal warning does not prejudge the outcome of the investigation.

From Barron's ● Nov. 24, 2025

“It makes no sense whatsoever to prejudge the election outcome. And that is a misinformed view of what is happening on the ground in North Carolina, bless his heart,” McHenry said.

From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2024

“You cannot prejudge people in this business,” he said over and over when we met, and each time he used that phrase, his face took on a look of utter conviction.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell

As Jessica Fletcher, the mystery-writing amateur sleuth in “Murder, She Wrote,” Lansbury never prejudges.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2025

However, he added: "It does not restore UK access to EU, nor prejudges adoption of equivalence decisions."

From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2023

This resolution in no manner prejudges the outcome of permanent status negotiations on east Jerusalem, which must, of course, reflect those historic ties and the realities on the ground.

From Time ● Dec. 28, 2016

On the face of it, the accord provocatively prejudges the outcome of the talks.

From Economist ● Nov. 13, 2014

But far be from me the despair which prejudges the law by a paltry empiricism;—since there never was a right endeavor but it succeeded.

From Essays — Second Series by Ralph Waldo Emerson

As Justin Dillon writes nearby, Ms. James appears to have prejudged the evidence before she has seen it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

Judges are asked to recuse when their impartiality can reasonably be questioned because we don’t think it’s appropriate for judges to have prejudged a matter before them and told us their views in advance.

From Slate ● May 29, 2024

“She has clearly prejudged the case,” August said.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 7, 2023

They won an initial victory when federal judge Gerhard A. Gesell ruled that Mr. Pertschuk “had conclusively prejudged factual items which will be disputed in the rulemaking proceedings.”

From Washington Post ● Nov. 18, 2022

But the organ had prejudged, and was not readily open to conviction.

From The Emigrant's Lost Son or, Life Alone in the Forest by Anonymous

A U.A.E. spokesperson declined to comment on the attacker’s history in Oman “to avoid prejudging the outcome of the investigation or interfering with its course.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

But as chair, he has been adamant about not prejudging the outcome of the July rate-setting meeting.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 11, 2026

A DUP spokesperson said O'Neill should await the outcome of an independent review "rather than prejudging that process".

From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026

"Force ourselves to reach out and find out why someone feels the way they do and make the choices they make without prejudging them a monster."

From Salon ● Nov. 23, 2024

"I submit, Judge Slocum," said Eben Graham, who sat in a corner, his mean features looking meaner and more insignificant than usual, "I submit that you are prejudging the case."

From Do and Dare — a Brave Boy's Fight for Fortune by Horatio Alger




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