RESOLVES Synonyms: 165 Similar and Opposite Words

resolves

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present tense third-person singular of resolve

as in decides

to come to a judgment about after discussion or consideration I resolved to eat more healthily and to exercise regularly

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as in solves

to find an answer for through reasoning resolve the apparent contradictions in the collected data

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as in divides

to set or force apart a prism will resolve a beam of light into an array of colors

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Recent Examples of resolves The settlement also resolves those claims, according to the DOJ. —

Nandika Chatterjee, Time, 18 May 2026 The verdict, reached Wednesday after a trial in federal court in Chicago, resolves one of the last remaining wrongful death lawsuits filed in connection with the disaster that killed all 157 people aboard Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302. —

Rio Yamat, Fortune, 15 May 2026 The framework resolves years of jurisdictional ambiguity by explicitly carving stablecoins out of the definitions of securities and commodities, pulling them outside direct Securities and Exchange Commission oversight. —

Sean Lee, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026 An upholstered bed is $2,000, midcentury-modern dining chairs are 30% off, and an 82-inch console resolves nearly seven feet of storage issues (that’s a lot of board games) at 20% off. —

Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 15 May 2026 The verdict resolves one of the last remaining cases stemming from two deadly crashes that killed a total of 346 people and happened within months of each other. —

Joel Rose, NPR, 14 May 2026 The settlement resolves the state's claims against the companies related to its collision with the Key Bridge. —

Jt Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 12 May 2026 This study finally resolves the paradox by demonstrating that the secret lies in fluid dynamics rather than in biology alone. —

Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 4 May 2026 This phase typically lasts a few weeks and then resolves with or without treatment. —

Casey Pinto, The Conversation, 1 May 2026

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So in that sense, a lot of what clipping does is help good artists find the audiences who would’ve liked them anyway by accelerating the early excitement just enough to push them past the algorithmic threshold that decides who gets discovered and who doesn’t.

— Lane Brown, Vulture, 15 May 2026
And the audience, Hammond has come to understand, is ultimately the one who decides.

— Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 15 May 2026