Judge and Select

Judge

Judge verb - To give an opinion about (something at issue or in dispute).

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Select and judge are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Select" instead a verb "Judge".

Select verb - To decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities.

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Judge and select are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Judge" instead a verb "Select".

ability	judge ability	select ability
character	judge character	select character
way	judge way	select way
location	judge location	select location
Other words: actions, abilities, choices.

An additional guest judge is also brought in for each group and is able to unilaterally select one winning act with their own golden buzzer.

Source: Series / America's Got Talent
All the select committee had to leave for something else and let Sikowitz judge her alone, then he drank spoiled coconut milk and just saw a beautiful performance full of colors.

Source: Giftedly Bad
And at one point in the second game you have an option to select which strongly implies that the Judge is the guilty party.

Source: Accuse the Witness

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