decisions

noun

plural of decision
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 Below, eight experts share decisions that seemed like a smart idea at the time but later on caused more harm than good—some of them may surprise you. — Sarah Lyon, The Spruce, 24 June 2026 The coach also praised his players for keeping their emotions in check after the red card and other decisions by the officiating crew. — Miami Herald, 2 July 2026 The Supreme Court’s Tuesday decisions on trans athletes in women's sports did not award damages to any female athletes impacted. — Jackson Thompson Outkick, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2026 The majority of speakers at Tuesday’s board meeting urged the board not to allow online agitators to dictate personnel decisions. — Ciara McCarthy 24, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 June 2026 Andy Burnham, the charismatic former mayor of Greater Manchester, once rebuffed the idea that government decisions should be swayed by investors in its ballooning pile of debt. — Anna Cooban, CNN Money, 25 June 2026 Key indicators include how teams handle uncertainty, genuinely challenge each other, learn from failures, and base decisions on current realities. — Tracy Lawrence, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026 Ippei Naoi | Getty Images Investors continue to rely on professional financial advisers for their final investment decisions, even as artificial intelligence becomes more widely used in the initial stages of research, according to a survey by HSBC. — Justina Lee, CNBC, 25 June 2026 Walmart, Uber Technologies, Lucid, Lumileds, and Keywords Studios have all disclosed decisions to cut staffing levels in the Bay Area, separate WARN notices with the Employment Development Department show. — George Avalos, Mercury News, 25 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for decisions
  1. opinions
  2. conclusions
  3. verdicts
  4. determinations
Noun
  • The Supreme Court has released a slew of opinions to mark the end of its current term, and one of them could prove to be a landmark case for personal protections.
    — Justin Klawans, TheWeek, 2 July 2026
  • In Berlin, talent were constantly asked about their political opinions at the film press conferences.
    — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 2 July 2026
Definition of opinions
Noun
  • The lawyer takes the tenets of mindfulness to heart, and Dusse takes both these tenets and his protagonist to absurd – and sometimes shockingly violent – conclusions.
    — The Know, Denver Post, 5 July 2026
  • Over-reliance on AI for immediate conclusions risks individuals missing the crucial process of building foundational knowledge and critical thinking.
    — Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026
Definition of conclusions
Noun
  • Sentences range from nearly two to 50 years, including terrorism and material-support convictions, following earlier trial verdicts that imposed up to 100 years on a former Marine reservist.
    — Jamie Stengle, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
  • The mistake in managing Gen Z is turning those differences into character verdicts.
    — Mark Murphy, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
Definition of verdicts
Noun
  • Some states have since created their own navigability tests to make more specific determinations.
    — Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 1 July 2026
  • Third, confirm that worksite assumptions and wage-level determinations are defensible under the new rule, especially for remote or multi-location roles.
    — Lorraine D'Alessio, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
Definition of determinations

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