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Recent Examples of decisively
But Brazil’s judiciary chose to act decisively.
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Julia Vargas Jones, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
Now that Silksong has been available for about a week, though, that discussion has turned decisively toward seemingly endless takes on the game's relative difficulty (or lack thereof).
—ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2025
The way to keep conflict from spreading is to show Putin that the alliance will defend itself—immediately, decisively, and without ambiguity.
—David A. Deptula, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Miami’s play was so decisively putrid that the 33-8 loss to the Colts seemed almost a blessing because the game felt so much more lopsided than that.
—Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2025
The Panthers were outplayed and outcoached in Jacksonville, losing decisively to a Jaguars team that won just four games in 2024 and has a first-time head coach.
—Zak Keefer, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
But the world cannot wait for that to happen before acting decisively to slash fossil fuel emissions.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
Still, the Taliban prevailed decisively.
—Dan Fisher, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
While drones, which use TNT for their payload, are the most visible weapons in the war, artillery continues to be used decisively around the clock.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 2 Sep. 2025
Julia Vargas Jones, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
Now that Silksong has been available for about a week, though, that discussion has turned decisively toward seemingly endless takes on the game's relative difficulty (or lack thereof).
—ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2025
The way to keep conflict from spreading is to show Putin that the alliance will defend itself—immediately, decisively, and without ambiguity.
—David A. Deptula, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Miami’s play was so decisively putrid that the 33-8 loss to the Colts seemed almost a blessing because the game felt so much more lopsided than that.
—Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2025
The Panthers were outplayed and outcoached in Jacksonville, losing decisively to a Jaguars team that won just four games in 2024 and has a first-time head coach.
—Zak Keefer, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
But the world cannot wait for that to happen before acting decisively to slash fossil fuel emissions.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
Still, the Taliban prevailed decisively.
—Dan Fisher, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
While drones, which use TNT for their payload, are the most visible weapons in the war, artillery continues to be used decisively around the clock.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 2 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for decisively
Adverb
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The 27-year-old bluegrass performer pulled in five CMA Award nominations this year, clearly charming critics with his grooving neo-traditional stylings that hearken back to the1990s.—
Marcus K. Dowling,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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In any case, now Jeremiah has to trade a rent-free room at Steven’s apartment for a rent-free room at Denise’s, but clearly, being broke does wonders for the spirit.—
Kathleen Walsh,
Vulture,
10 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Organizations actively developing ProSocial AI become magnets for engineers, data scientists, and ethicists who want meaningful work that contributes positively to society.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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But Phillies fans would be positively irate if their team let Schwarber slip through the cracks.—
Jackson Roberts,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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While the report makes clear there is one entrance wound, the medical examiner could not definitively say how many wounds there were but also could not exclude the possibility of more than one.—
Kirsten Fiscus,
The Tennessean,
9 Sep. 2025
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But Craig didn’t definitively retire the character.—
Angelique Jackson,
Variety,
7 Sep. 2025
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While screen technology that cuts blue light down to 1% is impressive compared with current technology, blue light in general isn’t conclusively bad for your health.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
5 Sep. 2025
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These candidates were possibly gravitational wave signals that looked promising but still needed more analysis to conclusively confirm.—
Bill Smith,
JSTOR Daily,
4 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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The small increase in inflation is almost certainly due to Trump’s tariffs.—
Paul Bedard,
The Washington Examiner,
13 Sep. 2025
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Carlsbad certainly belongs in the talk for the most complete teams in the section.—
Tim Meehan,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Aside from these Netflix originals, the streaming platform is also home to a vast number of other documentary films and series that will surely stand the test of time and span a variety of topics.—
Christopher Rosa,
Glamour,
10 Sep. 2025
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For Barker, announcing the deal with three of Hollywood’s great horror producers surely helped drive anticipation for Obsession and drove Focus and other buyers to mark it as a must-watch out of the festival.—
Aaron Couch,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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And right now, the online store has released a bevy of products under $40 that are undoubtedly making it on my next trip.—
Chaise Sanders,
Travel + Leisure,
12 Sep. 2025
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The legendary Tiger Woods undoubtedly stands out in Bradley's list of supporters.—
Julio Cesar Valdera Morales,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Ross, who’s busy trying to build West Palm Beach into a mecca, could have spoken up during the offseason when his friends assuredly told him that Miami’s cornerback group was delinquently inadequate.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
7 Sep. 2025
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Instead of a Nashville booster who shared the city’s liberal politics, Davidson County got three Republicans who assuredly did not.—
David Weigel,
semafor.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Decisively.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decisively. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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