decider

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Recent Examples of decider Borg’s team came back from 8-4 down to win 13-11 after Alcaraz defeated Fritz in the singles decider. Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025 That was until 16-year-old Rio Ngumoah came off the bench to convert a dazzling decider in the 10th minute of injury time. Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Aug. 2025 Crystal Palace will play without their regular front-of-shirt sponsor in Thursday night’s Conference League qualifying decider away at Fredrikstad ‘due to Norwegian advertising regulations’. Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for decider
Noun
  • Before the first Test against the West Indies on June 25, Labuschagne was called into a meeting with head coach Andrew McDonald and chief selector George Bailey.
    Sam Dalling, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Glock switches, also known as auto sears or selector switches, can be ordered online or made at home with a 3D printer.
    Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • That's what is an arbiter, success and, as an Olympic diving judge would tell you, the degree of difficulty of the dive.
    Tom O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
  • The federal probation department, considered a more neutral arbiter, recommended a sentence of 70 to 87 months in prison.
    Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Next to Qobuz's quality indicator is the audio output device chooser, which the service refers to as Qobuz Connect.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 15 Oct. 2025
  • As the commentators in a recent American updating of the traditional Passover Haggadah point out, people who identify as Jews have a much easier time these days thinking of themselves as choosers than as chosen.
    Sophia Rosenfeld September 26, Literary Hub, 26 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • That’s been done either by having referees call phantom penalties on Chiefs opponents or not flagging Kansas City players.
    Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 13 Oct. 2025
  • No penalty was called and Rust, who rarely shows any emotion in the direction of officials, merely sat on the ice for a moment staring down the referee.
    Josh Yohe, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • When things get fuzzy about what a child’s needs actually are, or parents feel they are being ignored, OSEP can help parents learn what their options are, and then can even become involved and serve as an arbitrator to figure out the best course of action.
    Joshua Cowen, The Conversation, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Phillips and the automaker went back and forth over the vehicle, with the arbitrator settling on a repurchase agreement that Phillips thought was unfair.
    Liam Rappleye, USA Today, 13 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The umpire called Robinson safe, while Berra animatedly disagreed.
    Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Raducanu saw the man during her match against Karolína Muchová, approaching the chair umpire in tears during the second game.
    Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • And a federal judge last week ordered federal agents to begin wearing their own body cameras this week.
    Ben Smith, semafor.com, 20 Oct. 2025
  • The moving performance brought Robert to tears, along with judges Derek Hough and Bruno Tonioli, and Terri also appeared visibly emotional throughout.
    Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 19 Oct. 2025

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“Decider.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decider. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.

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