decision-making

noun

: the act or process of deciding something especially with a group of people

The project will require some difficult decision-making.

All members of the organization have a role in decision-making.

—often used before another noun

the company's decision-making process

Examples of decision-making in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Accurate, unbiased, and unfiltered data is the fuel that good decision-making runs on, and there is no more important job a leader has than making good decisions. Consider two historical examples: Winston Churchill and Adolf Hitler. —Bryce Hoffman, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2025

The National Park Service rewrote its fire management guidelines to require contingency plans, monitoring procedures and stricter decision-making protocols before allowing fires to burn. —Ignacio Calderon, USA Today, 31 July 2025

This type of backing from industry leaders proves essential for breaking down barriers that have historically excluded underrepresented voices from decision-making roles. —Clayton Davis, Variety, 31 July 2025

Multilateral organizations must also reconnect their decision-making processes with national politics. —Stacie E. Goddard, Foreign Affairs, 28 July 2025

Rhymes for decision-making

• policymaking
• aching
• baking
• braking
• breaking
• caking
• faking
• flaking
• making
• quaking
• raking
• shaking