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resolutions

noun

plural of resolution
as in decisions
a position arrived at after consideration her resolution to become a vegetarian is based on what she recently learned about modern farming practices

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Recent Examples of resolutions None of the resolutions have made it to the president's desk, where Trump would almost certainly veto the measure. — Arkansas Online, 17 Sep. 2026 None of the resolutions have made it to the president’s desk, where Trump would almost certainly veto the measure. — Lisa Mascaro, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026 On Monday, Beatty filed two board resolutions with the court. — Anastasia Tsioulcas, NPR, 14 Sep. 2026 The resolutions are expected to come before the center’s board meeting on Tuesday. — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 14 Sep. 2026 One of the resolutions seeks to green-light closing the Kennedy Center's main building for two years to carry out major renovations. — Steven Portnoy, ABC News, 14 Sep. 2026 The PlayStation 5 Pro has increased horsepower, enabling it to play games at higher resolutions and with better frame rates. — Jordan Minor, PC Magazine, 6 Sep. 2026 Washington should advance these norms through resolutions and interventions in the UN Security Council and General Assembly and use diplomacy to try to get violators to change their behavior. — Anna Nelson, Foreign Affairs, 4 Sep. 2026 Many spectators leaned into the screens to examine the resolutions that seemed nearly identical. — Manal Albarakati, semafor.com, 1 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for resolutions
  1. decisions
  2. opinions
  3. conclusions
  4. verdicts
  5. determinations
Noun
  • The move is the first in a string of major central bank decisions this week, with the Bank of England up next, and followed by the Bank of Japan on Friday.
    — Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2026
  • But in the rush to improve efficiency through cognitive offloading, many leaders have failed to distinguish between tasks that can be automated versus decisions that require human judgment.
    — Kelly Huang, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of decisions
Noun
  • No stranger to controversy or criticism, Sweeney, 29, faced the music from Olympic athletes, entertainment icons and millions of keyboard warriors who voiced their opinions of the naked ad.
    — Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 18 Sep. 2026
  • The Debut Having just premiered in Telluride days earlier, Jesse Eisenberg’s latest film was riding a huge wave of buzz for Julianne Moore’s lead performance, but opinions on the movie itself were harder to nail down.
    — Joe Reid, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of opinions
Noun
  • Does this first narrative feature from accomplished documentarian Lance Oppenheim draw new conclusions?
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2026
  • The majority presented its ruling, which rejected the conclusions of two lower courts, as interim and limited.
    — Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of conclusions
Noun
  • Like Law & Order fans know, the crime is just the start and the real information can come from the trial and controversial verdicts.
    — Allison DeGrushe, StyleCaster, 14 Sep. 2026
  • According to Ashton & Price, the firm has recovered more than $350 million through verdicts and settlements over the years.
    — Matt Emma, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of verdicts
Noun
  • However, at infrared wavelengths the brightness of an object is dependent mostly on its size, allowing accurate determinations of the diameters of the 27 TNOs.
    — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Yet this time, CDC political leadership questioned the state’s determinations in a politicized social media post and delayed adding the deaths to the national dashboard.
    — Demetre Daskalakis, STAT, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of determinations

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“Resolutions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/resolutions. Accessed 21 Sep. 2026.

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