decisive action
noun
: an action or actions done quickly and with confidence
In emergency situations, one must be able to take decisive action.
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Co-Creating Or Falling Behind The path forward demands decisive action.
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Cuong Nguyen Cao, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
The confidential memo should have been a major wake-up call that prompted quick and decisive action, but instead, essentially nothing happened, the grand jury contends.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 July 2025
Conservative voices like Laura Loomer and Benny Johnson are urging Trump to take more decisive action, including appointing a special counsel.
—Amanda Castro
hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 July 2025
Healthy paranoia distills these stakes and causes decisive action.
—Julian Hayes Ii, Forbes.com, 20 July 2025
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Cuong Nguyen Cao, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
The confidential memo should have been a major wake-up call that prompted quick and decisive action, but instead, essentially nothing happened, the grand jury contends.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 July 2025
Conservative voices like Laura Loomer and Benny Johnson are urging Trump to take more decisive action, including appointing a special counsel.
—Amanda Castro
hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 July 2025
Healthy paranoia distills these stakes and causes decisive action.
—Julian Hayes Ii, Forbes.com, 20 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for decisive action
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“Decisive action.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/decisive%20action. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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