As of 2019, Starbucks opens a new store every 15 hours in China. The coffee chain has grown by 700% over the past decade.
ADJUDICATES
Verb
adjudicates
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adjudicate
Source: Wiktionary
ADJUDICATE
Ad*ju"di*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Adjudicated; p. pr. & vb. n. Adjudicating] Etym: [L. adjudicatus, p. p. of adjudicare. See Adjudge.]
Definition: To adjudge; to try and determine, as a court; to settle by judicial decree.
Ad*ju"di*cate, v. i.
Definition: To come to a judicial decision; as, the court adjudicated upon the case.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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