as in decisiveness
firm or unwavering adherence to one's purpose
with a resoluteness that was admirable, the losing team continued to play hard until the bitter end
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Recent Examples of resoluteness
His loving, pragmatic wife, Mi-ri (Son Ye-jin), gamely downsizes their middle-class life to fit their new reality — but her resoluteness only exacerbates his despair.
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Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 10 Oct. 2025
Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 10 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for resoluteness
Noun
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Leadership takes decisiveness, and there couldn’t have been higher stakes for me.—
Dru Armstrong,
Fortune,
24 Oct. 2025
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Speed, decisiveness, intensity—these traits have become shorthand for executive effectiveness in today’s business culture.—
Rahul Bhandari,
Harvard Business Review,
8 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Some 303,000 customers who receive gas through Eversource’s NSTAR division in 51 cities and towns across Massachusetts are set to save millions in utility costs due to the Department of Public Utilities’ determination.—
Lance Reynolds,
Boston Herald,
29 Oct. 2025
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Though the judges applauded his determination, his low scores led him to be sent home anyway.—
Diana Pearl,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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The local government was given a year to modify its civil code, according to CTV News, but the decision has been appealed by Quebec’s Ministry of Justice.—
David Chiu,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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The decision will be appealed, a spokesperson for Peteski told The Hollywood Reporter.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The latest development puts a spotlight on Miami Dade College’s resolve not to hold a new public hearing on the controversial land deal.—
Claire Heddles,
Miami Herald,
24 Oct. 2025
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But grit and resolve can only take a team so far when its active roster is inferior to many of its opponents, and that is the situation the red and gold currently face.—
Robert Marvi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Resoluteness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/resoluteness. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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