as in opinions
a position arrived at after consideration
after much deliberation, we made a decision about what to have on our pizza
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Recent Examples of decisions
But people make business decisions.
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Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Mar. 2026
Courts can also create antitrust exemptions, but such decisions are rare and beyond the authority of a presidential commission.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 4 Mar. 2026
Those choices should be described openly as policy decisions, not as automatic outcomes of market forces.
—Martha E. Stark, New York Daily News, 4 Mar. 2026
Another wrote, Thank you for letting us, your customers, know the reasoning behind your decisions.
—Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 4 Mar. 2026
Reality Check is a Star series holding those with power to account and shining a light on their decisions.
—Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 4 Mar. 2026
The tax rules are unique, the valuation process is non-negotiable and the storage decisions are yours to make at a moment when the stakes are unusually high.
—Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 4 Mar. 2026
Make decisions that are easy to reverse.
—Big Think, 4 Mar. 2026
But hang on, just to double check, there’s going to be an incredibly high bar for VAR intervening in decisions, right?
—Tim Spiers, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2026
Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Mar. 2026
Courts can also create antitrust exemptions, but such decisions are rare and beyond the authority of a presidential commission.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 4 Mar. 2026
Those choices should be described openly as policy decisions, not as automatic outcomes of market forces.
—Martha E. Stark, New York Daily News, 4 Mar. 2026
Another wrote, Thank you for letting us, your customers, know the reasoning behind your decisions.
—Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 4 Mar. 2026
Reality Check is a Star series holding those with power to account and shining a light on their decisions.
—Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 4 Mar. 2026
The tax rules are unique, the valuation process is non-negotiable and the storage decisions are yours to make at a moment when the stakes are unusually high.
—Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 4 Mar. 2026
Make decisions that are easy to reverse.
—Big Think, 4 Mar. 2026
But hang on, just to double check, there’s going to be an incredibly high bar for VAR intervening in decisions, right?
—Tim Spiers, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for decisions
Noun
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Your quick mind can broker peace between different opinions while still protecting your energy.—
Tarot.com,
New York Daily News,
8 Mar. 2026
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What Reviewers Are Saying About This Recipe Reviewers aren’t always kind when leaving their opinions about a recipe, but everyone had rave reviews about these lemon bars.—
Josh Miller,
Southern Living,
7 Mar. 2026
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The conclusions about their sentiments come from a University of North Florida poll that asked voters about a range of issues.—
Anthony Man,
Sun Sentinel,
7 Mar. 2026
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These companies refuse to disclose what data their models are trained one or how their systems reach conclusions.—
Parmy Olson,
Mercury News,
7 Mar. 2026
Noun
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But New York’s Court of Appeals tossed the guilty verdicts in April 2024, finding that the trial court judge, James Burke, shouldn’t have permitted three women to testify about rape and abuse allegations that weren’t tied to the charges.—
Tribune News Service,
Baltimore Sun,
5 Mar. 2026
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Jurors returned the guilty verdicts following a 22-day trial and three days of deliberations.—
Tim Fang,
CBS News,
5 Mar. 2026
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Federal immigration law removes federal district courts from reviewing immigration determinations and limits the scope of what federal appeals courts may review after an immigration case has made its way through immigration courts.—
Jack Birle,
The Washington Examiner,
4 Mar. 2026
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Fifty-six companies appeared to rely on undisclosed GRAS safety determinations for 275 chemicals, the investigation found.—
Sandee LaMotte,
CNN Money,
3 Mar. 2026
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“Decisions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decisions. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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