How to Use decisive action in a Sentence

decisive action

noun
  • Slow, decisive action will keep you on the right track and ease your mind.
    — Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 9 May 2024
  • Darr lauded the sophomore for his decisive action amid the tragedy.
    — Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 20 Apr. 2025
  • Faced with these challenges, the world’s largest card issuer took decisive action.
    — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2023
  • All of these will require Congress to take decisive action.
    — Daniel Weiner, Time, 9 Mar. 2026
  • The time for decisive action is now; embrace the challenge and lead your team toward a brighter future.
    — Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Their decisive action in applying a tourniquet saved the man’s life.
    — Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 2 Jan. 2026
  • Then, on March 8, the Sun and Mars trine urges you to take decisive action.
    — Colin Bedell, Them, 28 Feb. 2025
  • But Saturn in Aries pushes you to take the lead, speak up and take decisive action.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
  • As a futurist, my role was to provoke fresh insight and decisive action.
    — Lisa Bodell, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
  • People were dying, and the urge to take swift, decisive action was overwhelming.
    — Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 19 May 2025
  • These are issues that a management team must address swiftly and take decisive action on.
    — Martin Jarzebowski, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
  • No decisive action should be expected before later in the fall.
    — Owen Tedford, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
  • The war begun in Ukraine will spread absent prudent, decisive action.
    — Seth Cropsey, WSJ, 10 Oct. 2023
  • Healthy paranoia distills these stakes and causes decisive action.
    — Julian Hayes Ii, Forbes.com, 20 July 2025
  • As for those now criticized for failure to take decisive action, consequences are few.
    — Ana Claudia Chacin, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
  • As for those now criticized for failure to take decisive action, consequences are few.
    — Ana Claudia Chacin, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
  • In rare cases where values or culture don’t align, decisive action may be necessary.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • This allows brands to analyze patterns and take decisive action on new insights in real time.
    — Dave Minifie, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
  • Then, with decisive action, make the right strategic move that will resolve the current issue and its impact on the future.
    — Allison Maslan, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
  • As leaders fail to take decisive action, the consequences of record-break warming take their toll on lives and property.
    — Matthew Glasser, ABC News, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Online, many people praised the owners for taking decisive action.
    — Jessica Mekles, FOXNews.com, 12 June 2026
  • The executives at Fox, however, took quick and decisive action to right the ship.
    — Gary Franks, Hartford Courant, 29 Nov. 2024
  • Trump often describes them as burdens that inhibit his desire for swift, decisive action.
    — Greg Myre, NPR, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Turnaround leaders are shaped by urgency and decisive action.
    — Jody Michael, Forbes.com, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Australia is often held up as an example of how decisive action gun control can succeed in reducing deaths from firearms.
    — Tara Subramaniam, CNN, 25 Apr. 2023
  • California must take decisive action so that every student learns this history, and learns it well.
    — Aya Shechter, The Mercury News, 13 Mar. 2025
  • By this rule proposal, the agency will take decisive action to ensure that ticket sales remain in full compliance with state law.
    — Matt Robison, Newsweek, 25 Feb. 2025
  • Other cities have taken decisive action by using drones and deploying officers on key nights.
    — U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Jan. 2026
  • For Denver, this latest move continues a pattern of decisive action by the front office.
    — Evan Dammarell, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Their fast, decisive action pinpointing the location and taking down the door absolutely saved the lives of these young girls.
    — Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 6 Apr. 2025

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