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Recent Examples of decision Few patients appeal; some don’t trust the insurer to reverse its own decision. Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica, 7 Oct. 2025 The Alaska state agency that proposed the project appealed the Biden administration decision. Reuters, USA Today, 7 Oct. 2025 Reality Check is a Star series holding those with power to account and shining a light on their decisions. Kansas City Star, 7 Oct. 2025 Every person has to make that decision for themselves, right? Kirsten Chuba, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for decision
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Noun
  • In their opinion, the bank hasn’t adequately compensated Epstein’s victims.
    Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2025
  • All opinions expressed by the CNBC Pro contributors are solely their opinions and do not reflect the opinions of CNBC, NBC UNIVERSAL, their parent company or affiliates, and may have been previously disseminated by them on television, radio, internet or another medium.
    Frank Cappelleri, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Loosely based on the life of ping-pong great Marty Reisman, the film stars Timothée Chalamet as the fictional Marty Mauser, a table tennis wiz coming up in 1950s New York City with the hyper-determination to become a world champion.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Bichette was ruled out for the ongoing series against the Yankees and the team has yet to reveal an official determination for any potential future playoff rounds.
    Peter Chawaga, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The verdict is still out as to whether September’s pullback in cattle futures is a temporary pause in an ongoing climb higher or the first sign of lasting relief in a costly beef cycle.
    Natasha Abellard, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2025
  • After the verdict was read, Diddy turned to the jury, placing his hands in a prayer-like fashion, according to the Associated Press.
    Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Speed, decisiveness, intensity—these traits have become shorthand for executive effectiveness in today’s business culture.
    Rahul Bhandari, Harvard Business Review, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Still, the decisiveness with which Nix delivered the ball, trusting both the protection in front of him and what his eyes were seeing with the defense, was encouraging.
    Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • By the Revolutionary War’s conclusion, the king’s troops had marched through the streets of every major North American city.
    Time, Time, 9 Oct. 2025
  • The series, which also stars Lola Tung as Belly and Gavin Casalegno as Conrad’s brother Jeremiah, recently came to a conclusion with a blockbuster third season, which broke viewership records.
    Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Eighteen packages of European Union sanctions and dozens more from the United States, United Kingdom and others have weakened Russia’s economy – but not its resolve to carry on fighting.
    Clare Sebastian, CNN Money, 11 Oct. 2025
  • That lifelong pattern of being overlooked shaped her resolve to speak out.
    Emily Cegielski, Flow Space, 10 Oct. 2025

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“Decision.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decision. Accessed 12 Oct. 2025.

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