decision-maker

noun

de·​ci·​sion-mak·​er di-ˈsi-zhən-ˌmā-kər How to pronounce decision-maker (audio)
variants or less commonly decision maker
plural decision-makers also decision makers
: someone who is known or primarily responsible for making decisions
a good decision-maker
one of the company's key/top decision makers
However, this does not permit corrections personnel or a warden to automatically assume the role of the patient's medical decision-maker.Erik Larsen and Katherine Drabiak

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As Golden State’s top decision-makers reminded us on Tuesday night, when a hallway conversation between owner Joe Lacob and general manager Mike Dunleavy Jr. after the Miami beatdown was highlighted by local media, losing tends to spark negative emotions. Sam Amick, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025 Tepper, a hands-on businessman who is a hedge fund billionaire, is the sort of owner who wants to talk to his decision-makers, both to understand their rationale and to sometimes challenge it. Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 9 Jan. 2025 In the suit, Sheel Seidler claims the brothers are conspiring to wrest away the rights of her and the couple’s three children to be the Padres’ primary decision-makers now and into the future. Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Jan. 2025 Such a feat would likely require more than one round of strikes, a long-term U.S. military presence, and U.S. readiness to expand its attack profile beyond nuclear facilities to target Iran’s decision-makers. Richard Nephew, Foreign Affairs, 2 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for decision-maker 

Word History

First Known Use

1887, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of decision-maker was in 1887

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“Decision-maker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/decision-maker. Accessed 15 Jan. 2025.

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