decisive
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Even as experimental support for altermagnetism accumulated, researchers still needed a decisive way to establish that it represented a genuinely distinct magnetic phase.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026
The overall timing of the result will depend on how tight the races are and which races end up being decisive.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
Nevertheless, Moscow will be watching closely as the war -- which has now lasted longer than World War I -- grinds towards its five-year milestone with neither side apparently close to a decisive breakthrough.
From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026
Luna has a decisive fundraising lead, bringing in about $729,000 in campaign contributions between Jan. 1 and Oct.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026
It was a vintage Franklin performance, reminiscent of his bemused but devastating recommendations to the English government in 1770 about the surest means to take the decisive action guaranteed to destroy the British Empire.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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