take a decision
Example Sentences
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‘Iran has to take a decision whether it wants to be a nation or a cause,” Henry Kissinger once said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026
“There’s a lot of arguments why I would not take a decision to increase capacity beyond that,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2025
“It now falls on you, as a custom officer, to take a decision about stopping a vehicle or not,” he said.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2024
“They were sad and gripped by despair. But they would not take a decision to go back to Syria.”
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 15, 2023
He may have to deal with a famine; he may have to deal with a riot; he may take a decision on which the lives of thousands of people may depend.
From Indian speeches (1907-1909) by John Morley
