decisive

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"We're just not hearing what the long-term strategy is," said Dennis Tajer, spokesman for the Allied Pilots Association, which headlined a recent message, "We Need Decisive Action."

From Barron's • Feb. 10, 2026

Decisive evidence came from a grainy black-and-white photo taken by a German speed trap.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 10, 2025

She added: "Decisive action is needed to end this ongoing public health tragedy - we urge every MP to vote for this landmark legislation."

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2024

With American assistance and weapons, Saudi pilots embarked on a bombing campaign called Operation Decisive Storm inside Yemen, the mountainous nation on their southern border.

From New York Times • Dec. 25, 2023

In such cases a Decisive Counter-Attack is not contemplated.

From Lectures on Land Warfare; A tactical Manual for the Use of Infantry Officers An Examination of the Principles Which Underlie the Art of Warfare, with Illustrations of the Principles by Examples Taken from Military History, from the Battle of Thermopylae, B.C. 480, to the Battle of the Sambre, November 1-11, 1918 by Anonymous