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Recent Examples of decision Radiant’s decision to establish its factory at this landmark location connects the region’s storied past to a new era of nuclear innovation. Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 14 Oct. 2025 Reality Check is a Bee series holding officials and organizations accountable and shining a light on their decisions. Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 14 Oct. 2025 Musk wrote in December 2023 explaining the decision. Todd Spangler, Variety, 14 Oct. 2025 The decision to postpone the Eurovision vote comes as other cultural and media organizations that have endorsed or considered boycotts of Israeli institutions face growing scrutiny and potential legal challenges. Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for decision
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Noun
  • The opinion is also one of which the new Victoria’s Secret creative director, Adam Selman, disagrees with.
    Essence, Essence, 16 Oct. 2025
  • The move divided opinion in Kenya but underscored Odinga's enduring role as a political power broker.
    NPR, NPR, 15 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • This finding suggests that individuals who aren’t naturally gifted often compensate by working harder and with greater determination—and their effort pays off.
    Dave Smith, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2025
  • We are united in our determination to dismantle extremism and radicalization in all its forms.
    Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Nolan Norris went down after he was tugged on the shoulder by Ali Maamar, and although the North African side requested a review and the challenge looked soft, the referee stuck with his verdict, and Campbell squeezed the spot-kick into the corner past the outstretched arm of Yanis Benchaouch.
    The Athletic Staff, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
  • After more than two days of deliberation, the foreperson read the verdict, starting with the charges of special-circumstances murder/robbery.
    Joe Garcia, New Yorker, 12 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
  • Informed conclusion here — Whitworth and Fitzpatrick are going to dunk each other in a vat of Skyline Chili, then scream until the cameras cut out.
    Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • That tour starts barely two weeks after the conclusion of Sublime’s extended summer and fall tour, which concludes Saturday at Mission Bayfest.
    George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Yet the songs, situated in the melange of Black music, cohered through D’Angelo’s resolve.
    Vann R. Newkirk II, The Atlantic, 18 Oct. 2025
  • These bouts of illness forced him into hours of quiet isolation but also sharpened his resolve and planted a deep seed of empathy.
    Liz McNeil, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025

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“Decision.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decision. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.

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