decisive

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He misses the possibility of repeating the error when, in the same document, he settles—in one decisive, overconfident paragraph—the question of whether the cognitive systems we are building could ever have inner lives.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

"I think it is a real crunch point and we need to see some decisive action on this very soon," he said.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

Tillis, who told me that the president’s beloved Florsheims might be a little too “flashy” for the Senate, supplied the decisive vote to confirm Hegseth, a former Fox host, as secretary of defense.

From Slate • Jun. 5, 2026

From concerns that the rise of artificial intelligence would doom traditional software technology, a decisive sentiment shift is under way.

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

In the haze of convalescence, surrounded by Remedios' dusty dolls, Colonel Aureliano Buendía brought back the decisive periods of his existence by reading his poetry.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez