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

A decisive breakout above that level would be a breakout above a bullish ascending-triangle pattern and could open the door to a move toward $58 in the near term, representing 11% upside from current prices.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

When the consultation closed last month, Sir Keir vowed to take "decisive" measures which he promised would be a "game-changer".

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

No single step separated the woman gathering wild wheat from the woman farming domesticated wheat, so it’s hard to say exactly when the decisive transition to agriculture took place.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari