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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Presidents typically take their most decisive action in the first hundred days.
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Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 15 July 2024
Texas politicians have been pressuring the Biden administration to take more decisive action to make Mexico deliver, including instating sanctions.
—Devika Rao, theweek, 27 June 2024
The current budget challenges underscore the need for decisive action by the Board and superintendent.
—Baltimore Sun Media, Baltimore Sun, 11 Apr. 2024
Instead, the justices in the majority were more preoccupied by the possibility that its decision paralyzes future presidents from taking important and decisive action.
—Cameron Joseph, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 July 2024
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Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 15 July 2024
Texas politicians have been pressuring the Biden administration to take more decisive action to make Mexico deliver, including instating sanctions.
—Devika Rao, theweek, 27 June 2024
The current budget challenges underscore the need for decisive action by the Board and superintendent.
—Baltimore Sun Media, Baltimore Sun, 11 Apr. 2024
Instead, the justices in the majority were more preoccupied by the possibility that its decision paralyzes future presidents from taking important and decisive action.
—Cameron Joseph, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 July 2024
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“Decisive action.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/decisive%20action. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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