decision-maker
noun
de·ci·sion-mak·er
di-ˈsi-zhən-ˌmā-kər 
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.—
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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
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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
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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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