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decision-making

[dih-sizh-uhn-mey-king] / dɪˈsɪʒ ənˌmeɪ kɪŋ /
ADJECTIVE
executive
Synonyms
STRONGEST
managerial
STRONG
governing ruling
WEAK
controlling directing managing
Antonyms
STRONG
subordinate
ADJECTIVE
responsible
Synonyms
STRONGEST
answerable culpable guilty liable pledged subject
WEAK
at fault at the helm authoritative bonded bound bound to carrying the load censurable chargeable compelled constrained contracted devolving on duty-bound engaged executive exposed fettered hampered held high in authority in control incumbent minding the store obligated obliged on the hook open susceptive sworn to tied to blame under contract under obligation
Antonyms
STRONGEST
innocent right unaccountable
WEAK
excused exempt free immature immune irresponsible untrustworthy

Example Sentences

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However, decision-making seems less centralised than it was before the war.

From BBC • May 2, 2026

It reportedly performed well across 160 tasks, including decision-making, executive control, and other mental processes.

From Science Daily • Apr. 30, 2026

The platform orchestrates and automates customers’ decision-making through AI.

From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026

The ruling communist party’s Politburo, China’s top decision-making body, said this week that key economic indicators had beaten expectations at the start of the year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

By collective stewardship of the land and a clan-village system of democracy it avoided giving all the political control and decision-making to a single group.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz