decisive
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Shares are now pressing up against a double bottom pivot at $454.40 and a decisive move above that level would also recapture the 21-day exponential moving average and help restore momentum.
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New England quarterback Drake Maye held firm after a shaky start, leading the Patriots upfield for the decisive field goal after rushing for a first-half touchdown.
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A decisive outcome of the trial could provide a "data point" for settling similar cases en masse, according to Bergman.
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The decisive break in the second set came in game six, with another slew of errors from Selekhmeteva leading to her downfall.
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Grant, on the other hand “talks like an earnest business-man—prompt clearheaded & decisive—& utters no bosh.”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.