How to Use decisive action in a Sentence
decisive action
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Then, on March 8, the Sun and Mars trine urges you to take decisive action.
—Colin Bedell, Them, 28 Feb. 2025
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Slow, decisive action will keep you on the right track and ease your mind.
—Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 9 May 2024
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The time for decisive action is now; embrace the challenge and lead your team toward a brighter future.
—Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
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Faced with these challenges, the world’s largest card issuer took decisive action.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2023
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The Trump administration would do well to follow the lead of Maryland, which is taking decisive action to stop the spread of bird flu.
—Asha Subramanian, Baltimore Sun, 12 Feb. 2025
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The executives at Fox, however, took quick and decisive action to right the ship.
—Gary Franks, Hartford Courant, 29 Nov. 2024
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The war begun in Ukraine will spread absent prudent, decisive action.
—Seth Cropsey, WSJ, 10 Oct. 2023
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As leaders fail to take decisive action, the consequences of record-break warming take their toll on lives and property.
—Matthew Glasser, ABC News, 9 Jan. 2025
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The Crossover The crossover marks a firm commitment to your goal by taking massive, decisive action.
—Angela Quach, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
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Their fast, decisive action pinpointing the location and taking down the door absolutely saved the lives of these young girls.
—Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 6 Apr. 2025
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As history shows, only decisive action can turn the tide.
—Donald Bryson, National Review, 19 Oct. 2024
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These are issues that a management team must address swiftly and take decisive action on.
—Martin Jarzebowski, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
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Towards the middle of the month, Luna will reach its peak of fullness in the sign of Aries, energizing and inspiring us to act on our intuition and take decisive action.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 1 Oct. 2024
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This allows brands to analyze patterns and take decisive action on new insights in real time.
—Dave Minifie, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
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By this rule proposal, the agency will take decisive action to ensure that ticket sales remain in full compliance with state law.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 25 Feb. 2025
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As for those now criticized for failure to take decisive action, consequences are few.
—Ana Claudia Chacin, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
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As for those now criticized for failure to take decisive action, consequences are few.
—Ana Claudia Chacin, Miami Herald, 18 Apr. 2024
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Cities need to take bold and decisive action to protect the environment, combat the effects of climate change and reduce pollution.
—Jonathan Horwitz, Orange County Register, 4 Oct. 2024
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But if anything, the swift, decisive action over the weekend by a diverse set of public and private stakeholders shows that Switzerland remains trustworthy as a place to bank.
—David Bach, Quartz, 23 Mar. 2023
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But as criticism has grown louder in recent months, the Vatican has taken more decisive action.
—Stefano Pitrelli, Washington Post, 20 June 2024
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Australia is often held up as an example of how decisive action gun control can succeed in reducing deaths from firearms.
—Tara Subramaniam, CNN, 25 Apr. 2023
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The Cato Institute, a libertarian legal and policy group, urged the court to take decisive action.
—Matt Ford, The New Republic, 20 Sep. 2023
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The current budget challenges underscore the need for decisive action by the Board and superintendent.
—Baltimore Sun Media, Baltimore Sun, 11 Apr. 2024
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Their failure to respond to the polite yet persistent demands of consumers convinced me that the only way to create meaningful change was through decisive action by our City Council.
—Sean Elo-Rivera, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Apr. 2025
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California must take decisive action so that every student learns this history, and learns it well.
—Aya Shechter, The Mercury News, 13 Mar. 2025
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Now is the time for organizations to take decisive action and invest in GenAI solutions that will position them for future success.
—Mike Whitmire, Forbes, 18 Sep. 2024
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Presidents typically take their most decisive action in the first hundred days.
—Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 15 July 2024
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Yet the authorities in Beijing seem reluctant to respond to calls, in China and abroad, for bold, decisive action to shore up the property market — and avoid contagion that would be felt across the global economy.
—Meaghan Tobin, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2023
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The islanders can no more control whether the whales come or go than Ella can control her cancer or Mayor Annie can corral a group of quibbling, digressing neighbors into decisive action.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 6 Mar. 2025
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Here is the recipe for DeSantis’ political success: Step 1: Take decisive action.
—Justin Sayfie, CNN, 2 Mar. 2023
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