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Recent Examples of decisively
Burnham decisively won the seat of Makerfield in northwestern England over Rob Kenyon of the anti-immigration party Reform UK.
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Kwiyeon Ha,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
In America, wealth skews decisively toward those who are older; Americans ages 45 and under control only 11% of the nation's wealth, per household data from the Federal Reserve.
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Melina Khan,
USA Today,
18 June 2026
When Republican opponent Jack Ryan exited the race, Obama faced non-Illinoisan Alan Keyes in the general election and won decisively.
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Chris Tye,
CBS News,
18 June 2026
Ultimately, leaders should lean into resistance, stay connected to all stakeholders, own their decisions, and act decisively to transform obstacles into opportunities for growth.
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Peter D. Banko,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
Burnham decisively won the seat of Makerfield in northwest England over Rob Kenyon of the anti-immigration party Reform UK.
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ABC News,
18 June 2026
Olivia’s now decisively up a point in the Carpenter-Rodrigo arms race to collect ‘80s pop icons like Pokémon.
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Walden Green,
Pitchfork,
12 June 2026
The Spurs also won the free-throw battle decisively, a hot topic after Mike Brown’s complaints following the game, but an unconvincing allegation.
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John Hollinger,
New York Times,
10 June 2026
Hospitals now conduct nearly half a million post-claim inpatient reviews per year for a single large insurer that often denies claims using their own versions of AI — each one a small battle in a war neither side can win decisively, because the other side adapts.
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Darshak Sanghavi,
STAT,
3 June 2026
Kwiyeon Ha,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
In America, wealth skews decisively toward those who are older; Americans ages 45 and under control only 11% of the nation's wealth, per household data from the Federal Reserve.
—
Melina Khan,
USA Today,
18 June 2026
When Republican opponent Jack Ryan exited the race, Obama faced non-Illinoisan Alan Keyes in the general election and won decisively.
—
Chris Tye,
CBS News,
18 June 2026
Ultimately, leaders should lean into resistance, stay connected to all stakeholders, own their decisions, and act decisively to transform obstacles into opportunities for growth.
—
Peter D. Banko,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
Burnham decisively won the seat of Makerfield in northwest England over Rob Kenyon of the anti-immigration party Reform UK.
—
ABC News,
18 June 2026
Olivia’s now decisively up a point in the Carpenter-Rodrigo arms race to collect ‘80s pop icons like Pokémon.
—
Walden Green,
Pitchfork,
12 June 2026
The Spurs also won the free-throw battle decisively, a hot topic after Mike Brown’s complaints following the game, but an unconvincing allegation.
—
John Hollinger,
New York Times,
10 June 2026
Hospitals now conduct nearly half a million post-claim inpatient reviews per year for a single large insurer that often denies claims using their own versions of AI — each one a small battle in a war neither side can win decisively, because the other side adapts.
—
Darshak Sanghavi,
STAT,
3 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for decisively
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Madibo, though, did have his hands on his head, clearly distressed after seeing what occurred to Koné as players, coaches and medical staff surrounded the 24-year-old on the pitch.
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But something has clearly unraveled in recent days.
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Haiti already faced an uphill climb to get back into this game trailing 2-0, but now their opportunity to draw a point looks positively grim.
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The body discovered earlier this week in Lexington County, South Carolina, has been positively identified as missing fitness trainer Elena Katherine Moore, authorities announced Friday.
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Although the car was found abandoned the following January in Memphis, Tennessee, there wasn't enough evidence to point definitively to a potential suspect.
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Bergdoll recognizes that people get excited over the prospect of this wealth moving to charities but says more data is needed to definitively declare that the transfer has started.
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Consciousness is uniquely and notoriously challenging to define, much less to conclusively affirm or disprove the presence of.
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Showing conclusively that any given meteoroid comes from interstellar space is a notoriously difficult task, but having more cameras on the sky to boost the odds for good trajectory and velocity measurements would be extremely helpful.
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That’s certainly fascinating to watch in the world today.
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However, the familial drives of men are something seldom acknowledged by society more broadly, Lewis says, and certainly not to the same degree that women's are.
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And yet, the most gruesome naval battle in Westerosi history surely would have thrilled as a season finale.
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Some of these Bay Area Shakira supporters had surely seen this show before, back when the Colombian pop star entertained some 33,000 music lovers on a chilly June night at Oracle Park in San Francisco in 2025.
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The national team has undoubtedly become Messi's priority in more recent years, although building a team around that could have backfired on Scaloni if his playmaker could not reach the heights expected of him.
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The Three-Fifths Compromise undoubtedly increased the political power of slave states and affected how electoral votes were allocated.
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Their agents also knew this and assuredly would have shared that risk assessment with their clients (especially for Veesaar and Evans, both of whom are repped by The Team — formerly Wasserman — an agency that sent multiple potential first-round picks back to school this draft cycle).
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That said, the Heat assuredly will consider all such options in free agency, to see if there might be an upgrade at similar cost.
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“Decisively.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decisively. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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