as in determination
firm or unwavering adherence to one's purpose
moved with speed and decisiveness in investigating the charges of the use of excessive force by the police
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Recent Examples of decisiveness
This perhaps was the England football team’s own equivalent, for the decisiveness, for the individuality of it, and above all for the power.
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Jack Pitt-Brooke,
New York Times,
1 July 2026
Legal experts say the speed and decisiveness of the Department of Justice’s proposed antitrust settlement with OhioHealth should put other hospitals on notice.
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Tara Bannow,
STAT,
17 June 2026
The final was 4-0, which undersold its decisiveness.
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Dan Greene,
New Yorker,
12 June 2026
Following his Game 1 sluggishness, Wembanyama played with more aggression and decisiveness.
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Mark Medina,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2026
But Pressure is less a war story, rapt with the hysteria of battlefield deeds, than an intense exposition on the human capacity to tolerate uncertainty at a time when decisiveness is an imperative for action.
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Daniel Jonah Wolpert,
NPR,
29 May 2026
The encounter is ostensibly intended to demonstrate the kind of ruthless decisiveness that Eisenhower would have needed in wartime.
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Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
26 May 2026
Apple gets a new CEO who is expected to bring back Jobs-era decisiveness.
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Menaka Doshi,
Bloomberg,
21 Apr. 2026
Jack Pitt-Brooke,
New York Times,
1 July 2026
Legal experts say the speed and decisiveness of the Department of Justice’s proposed antitrust settlement with OhioHealth should put other hospitals on notice.
—
Tara Bannow,
STAT,
17 June 2026
The final was 4-0, which undersold its decisiveness.
—
Dan Greene,
New Yorker,
12 June 2026
Following his Game 1 sluggishness, Wembanyama played with more aggression and decisiveness.
—
Mark Medina,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2026
But Pressure is less a war story, rapt with the hysteria of battlefield deeds, than an intense exposition on the human capacity to tolerate uncertainty at a time when decisiveness is an imperative for action.
—
Daniel Jonah Wolpert,
NPR,
29 May 2026
The encounter is ostensibly intended to demonstrate the kind of ruthless decisiveness that Eisenhower would have needed in wartime.
—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
26 May 2026
Apple gets a new CEO who is expected to bring back Jobs-era decisiveness.
—
Menaka Doshi,
Bloomberg,
21 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for decisiveness
Noun
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Croatia returned from the hydration break with determination, forcing Panama to play its game for the first time so far.
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Sayers, however, appealed the OOR’s determination to the Centre County Court of Common Pleas.
Noun
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James is an unrestricted free agent and the early timing of his decision allows the Lakers to approach free agency, which officially began Tuesday afternoon, with an almost clean slate.
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Gaines said the decision felt like the culmination of the last several years of her life, but also a reminder of how far the debate had moved.
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Speaking earlier on Sunday, Putin used a speech to the ruling United Russia party congress to reinforce his resolve to achieve the country's military objectives and project Russia's strength.
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Spoelstra consistently has praised the resolve of Smith, who went undrafted out of Missouri in 2021.
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Scientists say that difference in scale and persistence means history does not guarantee a repeat outcome, even as El Niño is expected to strengthen through the fall and add another layer of ocean warming.
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But that persistence and learning became the foundation of my organization.
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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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“Decisiveness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decisiveness. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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