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decisively

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Definition of decisively

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Recent Examples of decisively In the February election, Bhumjaithai shocked most observers by decisively topping the polls, winning 192 seats to the People’s Party’s 120 seats. — Duncan McCargo, Foreign Affairs, 24 Aug. 2026 This fortress provides security and structure, creating the freedom to act decisively. — Julian Hayes Ii, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026 Either way, Missouri is the better team and would win decisively. — Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026 And collectively, after decisively losing Wednesday’s practice, the Falcons delivered a much more competitive effort Thursday. — Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 21 Aug. 2026 In 2024, the Fed acted decisively to get ahead of a weakening in the labor market, delivering a bold, half-point rate cut. — Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026 Even so, the final stages of the race in Wisconsin this week offered some clarity about why neither part of the Democratic Party has yet been able to decisively beat the other. — Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2026 In the Minnesota Reformer, Max Nesterak looked at how Flanagan won so decisively. — David Weigel, semafor.com, 12 Aug. 2026 More specifically, Raridon is winning more decisively at the top of his routes and creating enough separation to pull away, which helps immensely as a long strider who can win short but primarily threatens defenses at the intermediate level. — Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 11 Aug. 2026

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For years, the SEC and CFTC had not settled that question clearly enough for the market to move with confidence, creating friction when there was none to begin with.

— Manny Khan, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026
Insofar as these drawings depart from previous works, they were clearly made for a new reason.

— Jeffrey Weiss, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of clearly

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The poll showed that 62% of Republicans had a favorable view of McCormick, while 19% of Democrats viewed him positively.

— Finch Walker, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026
Analyst Kevin Cassidy at Rosenblatt told CNBC on Monday that markets would respond positively to a third-quarter revenue forecast around $105 billion.

— Tobias Burns, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of positively

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About the latter the seamlessly professional staff stays conclusively mum, but know that there have been plenty here.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Aug. 2026
The authors did not, unlike the other report, conclusively say a genocide did not occur.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of conclusively

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Five to six years ago, certainly, people were not thinking about agentic AI systems that can plan and complete multi-step tasks with little to no human intervention.

— Zev Fima, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026
Olsen certainly hurt those around him, too, growing up, especially as his addiction spiraled and his platonic, romantic and familial relationships fell apart.

— David Oliver, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of certainly

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Future events will always weigh heavy on any prequel, but surely stories have a responsibility to better acknowledge that viewers know what's coming.

— Richard Edwards, Space.com, 27 Aug. 2026
Whoever winds up playing Parton on Broadway surely has some enormous rhinestone boots to fill.

— Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of surely

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The assuredly fine folks at the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory are hosting the first ever Fat Marmot Week, which begins today.

— Caroline Mimbs Nyce, New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2026
The push to make Elci choose between running or radio most assuredly is being done on purpose.

— Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 18 Aug. 2026

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