How to Use decision-maker in a Sentence
decision-maker
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            Fitch praised Loftis as a quick study and a fine decision-maker.
                        
 —Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 5 Aug. 2025 
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            As long as those decision-makers remain in place, the team is in good hands.
                        
 —Colton Pouncy, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025 
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            Even those close to Oak Ridge’s decision-makers remained in the dark.
                        
 —Denise Kiernan, Rolling Stone, 17 July 2023 
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            The best way to work on your game and impress decision-makers is to be out there playing.
                        
 —Gary Bedore july 9, Kansas City Star, 9 July 2025 
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            Erich Storti is a hybrid of the two, a great decision-maker who has the juice to shake off tacklers.
                        
 —Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 3 May 2024 
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            Morey was one of the key decision-makers in the blockbuster trade that brought Harden to the Houston Rockets.
                        
 —Chantz Martin, Fox News, 13 Oct. 2023 
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            Dad needs to leave Cleveland decision-makers alone in public and behind the scenes, and trust that his son will earn the spot.
                        
 —Troy Renck, Denver Post, 6 June 2025 
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            So Freeze consulted a decision-maker he’s used in the past: his gut.
                        
 —Matt Cohen | McOhen@al.com, al, 18 Aug. 2023 
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            That’s part of the effect of having a single decision-maker who is 92.
                        
 —Daniel D'addario, Variety, 21 Sep. 2023 
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            He was long ago picked out by Madrid’s decision-makers as the one to succeed Ancelotti when the Italian’s time at the helm came to an end.
                        
 —Mario Cortegana, New York Times, 8 June 2025 
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            In the past, Herbie had been the only decision-maker on a pledge, his lawyer asserted.
                        
 —Kerry A. Dolan, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2025 
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            But that would force Miami’s decision-makers to find two new tailbacks and a fullback in the draft and free agency.
                        
 —Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 20 Jan. 2025 
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            The question is whether or not that team will perform up to the expectations of David Stearns, Carlos Mendoza and the rest of the team’s decision-makers.
                        
 —Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 17 July 2025 
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            Her win is a win for every young Black girl who has ever dreamed of being part of the game—not just as a fan, but as a decision-maker, a leader, a coach.
                        
 —Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 10 Feb. 2025 
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            Most of the time this session would be with the CEOs or other important decision-makers in the company.
                        
 —Jon Stojan, USA TODAY, 17 Aug. 2023 
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            The plaintiffs argued that Duarte was one of the company’s key decision-makers.
                        
 —Laura J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2024 
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            My greatest wish for 2025 is for decision-makers to take more strategic chances on new content.
                        
 —Peter White, Deadline, 19 Dec. 2024 
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            Byrne and the Tide’s decision-makers need to decide if Jackson will lose the ‘interim’ label next spring.
                        
 —Nick Alvarez | Nalvarez@al.com, al, 11 June 2023 
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            With funding tight and the industry shifting at a rate of knots, Hugh urged the decision-makers to think decades down the line when deciding where to invest.
                        
 —Max Goldbart, Deadline, 25 Apr. 2025 
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            The quarterback — who is consensus top-five prospect at his position — is in the thick of the group waiting to run in front of NFL decision-makers.
                        
 —Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 29 Mar. 2024 
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            But the outcry from parents, teachers, and authors changed the minds of Scholastic decision-makers.
                        
 —Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 25 Oct. 2023 
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            That’s all to say, the jury is out on how the decision-makers will eventually greet and implement AI.
                        
 —Chloe Berger, Fortune, 25 Mar. 2024 
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            If the manager of a team is its central figure — the leader, the focal point, the decision-maker — the assistant and their roles are less well-defined.
                        
 —George Caulkin, New York Times, 7 July 2025 
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            Among the other topics the franchise’s top decision-makers touched on: ▪ Free agency.
                        
 —Jim McBride, BostonGlobe.com, 27 June 2023 
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            In the suit, Sheel Seidler claims the brothers are conspiring to wrest away the rights of her and the couple’s three children to be the Padres’ primary decision-makers now and into the future.
                        
 —Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Jan. 2025 
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            Behind the scenes, Black women are key decision-makers.
                        
 —Jasmine Browley, Essence, 13 May 2025 
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            Morris is an elite decision-maker who can run an offense and knock down an open shot, all while either starting or coming off the bench.
                        
 —Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 9 Feb. 2024 
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            This story is the first in a series of profiles of influential decision-makers in health tech.
                        
 —Mohana Ravindranath, STAT, 1 Aug. 2023 
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            In business corporations, officers often are the primary deciders, but in HOAs boards are the primary decision-maker.
                        
 —Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Aug. 2025 
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            In turn, Trump is using the power of his office not only to enrich himself but to reinforce his position as sole decision-maker, pursuing a degree of personal dominance that has not been seen before in American politics.
                        
 —Michael Johnston, Foreign Affairs, 6 Aug. 2025 
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