How to Use decisive action in a Sentence
decisive action
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Slow, decisive action will keep you on the right track and ease your mind.
—Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 9 May 2024
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Faced with these challenges, the world’s largest card issuer took decisive action.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2023
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The war begun in Ukraine will spread absent prudent, decisive action.
—Seth Cropsey, WSJ, 10 Oct. 2023
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The Crossover The crossover marks a firm commitment to your goal by taking massive, decisive action.
—Angela Quach, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
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As for those now criticized for failure to take decisive action, consequences are few.
—Ana Claudia Chacin, Miami Herald, 18 Apr. 2024
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But if anything, the swift, decisive action over the weekend by a diverse set of public and private stakeholders shows that Switzerland remains trustworthy as a place to bank.
—David Bach, Quartz, 23 Mar. 2023
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But as criticism has grown louder in recent months, the Vatican has taken more decisive action.
—Stefano Pitrelli, Washington Post, 20 June 2024
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Australia is often held up as an example of how decisive action gun control can succeed in reducing deaths from firearms.
—Tara Subramaniam, CNN, 25 Apr. 2023
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The Cato Institute, a libertarian legal and policy group, urged the court to take decisive action.
—Matt Ford, The New Republic, 20 Sep. 2023
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Yet the authorities in Beijing seem reluctant to respond to calls, in China and abroad, for bold, decisive action to shore up the property market — and avoid contagion that would be felt across the global economy.
—Meaghan Tobin, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2023
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Here is the recipe for DeSantis’ political success: Step 1: Take decisive action.
—Justin Sayfie, CNN, 2 Mar. 2023
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The crisis of legitimacy and trust in the media, exacerbated by the unchecked growth of bots on social media, calls for immediate and decisive action.
—Guy Tytunovich, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
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And last week his office took its most decisive action yet against the pope’s critics, launching a trial of Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò on charges of fomenting schism and denying the pope’s legitimacy.
—Stefano Pitrelli, Washington Post, 24 June 2024
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The court’s opinion addressed Trump’s argument that future presidents would be unable to take decisive action for fear of prosecution.
—Claire Wofford, The Conversation, 6 Feb. 2024
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Only firm and decisive action can resolve the situation.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 10 May 2024
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Be proactive in identifying areas where change is necessary and take decisive action.
—Stephanie Dillon, Rolling Stone, 15 Feb. 2024
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For Secret Service agents and officers as well as residential staff, the president’s failure to take decisive action sooner has been baffling and frustrating, people close to them say.
—Peter Baker, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2023
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European policymakers must take bold and decisive action now to boost the old continent’s business attractiveness and secure the best chance of a recovery.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune Europe, 30 May 2024
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This moment demands decisive action at the federal level.
—Juan Proaño, New York Daily News, 29 Apr. 2024
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This time around, the President and Vice President took decisive action through an economic agenda that has brought about the most equitable recovery in American history.
—Essence, 17 Apr. 2024
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Mishra also claims that commercial interests are preventing the government from taking even more decisive action to cut pollution.
—Oliver Franklin-Wallis, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2023
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Meanwhile, Wright offers a performance of eloquent physicality — Mo obviously learned long ago when to keep her head down and remain inconspicuous, and when to back up her nervy talk with decisive action — and poignant longing.
—Joe Leydon, Variety, 20 June 2023
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The urgency of this moment demands bold, decisive action to restore trust, advance our legislative priorities, and demonstrate good governance.
—WSJ, 25 Oct. 2023
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Without decisive action to develop fair access plans to these drugs for people living in poorer countries, there is a real danger that a significant medical advance will end up increasing inequality in health care.
—Jayasree K. Iyer, STAT, 7 June 2024
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But after acknowledging responsibility and then taking decisive action on the battlefield, the military brass began to receive higher marks.
—Yohanan Plesner, Foreign Affairs, 19 Dec. 2023
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Some countries responded to the first outbreaks with swift and decisive action, imposing sweeping lockdowns, shutting borders, implementing rigorous contact tracing, and enforcing social distancing and mask mandates.
—Michele Gelfand, Foreign Affairs, 22 June 2021
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The situation along our borders is a national security and humanitarian crisis that demands immediate attention and decisive action.
—Gillian Brassil, Sacramento Bee, 5 Feb. 2024
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