How to Use split decision in a Sentence

split decision

noun
  • Shevchenko won that bantamweight fight by split decision.
    — Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Paret won the title back in a split decision later that year.
    — Elaina Patton, NBC News, 10 Apr. 2023
  • Paul, the more active of the two fighters, earned the split decision win.
    — Troy L. Smith, cleveland, 18 Dec. 2021
  • In a split decision, justices ruled those costs should not have been approved.
    — Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 10 Feb. 2023
  • Rothert described this week’s ruling as sort of a split decision.
    — Donald Bradley, kansascity, 6 Oct. 2017
  • But Pacquiao had gotten too far ahead and won with a split decision.
    — Bill Dwyre, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2024
  • Call it a split decision that seems destined for the Supreme Court.
    — The Editorial Board, wsj.com, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Spence would take that belt from Porter with a split decision victory last year.
    — Calvin Watkins, Dallas News, 1 Dec. 2020
  • Waterson was saved by the horn, and Casey lost by split decision.
    — Greg Moore, azcentral, 14 Apr. 2018
  • The 15-round bout was a split decision, but Charles won the crown that summer.
    — Jason Hoffman, Cincinnati.com, 27 Dec. 2019
  • The split decision win is the third fight in a row he's won to open his professional career.
    — Justin Sayers, The Courier-Journal, 28 Apr. 2018
  • Of these bouts, Logan walked away with a draw and a loss following a split decision.
    — Zack Jones, Forbes, 23 May 2021
  • That plan backfired, as Nicolau won via split decision.
    — Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 20 June 2026
  • In the final round on a split decision, Brooks and Roseman took the win.
    — David Taylor, Houston Chronicle, 7 Feb. 2020
  • But Paul lost his last fight, a split decision against Tommy Fury.
    — Josh Peter, USA TODAY, 4 Aug. 2023
  • Miller, bald except for a minuscule friar’s ring of fuzz, won in a split decision.
    — Matt Moret, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2026
  • Usyk won by a split decision after knocking Tyson down in the ninth round and winning the next two rounds.
    — Escher Walcott, People.com, 22 Dec. 2024
  • Ali rallied in the 15th round, but Spinks warded him off and won a split decision.
    — New York Times, 6 Feb. 2021
  • The 30-year-old eked out a split decision win in a battle of women who came in on nasty losing streaks.
    — Brian Mazique, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
  • The pair went the three-round distance, with O’Malley getting the split decision nod.
    — Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
  • Holloway tried to regain it in 2020, but lost by split decision.
    — Danny Segura, USA TODAY, 3 July 2022
  • Vaz da Costa lost in the 132-pound final last year in a split decision.
    — Rich Mayor, chicagotribune.com, 9 Apr. 2018
  • That fight ended in a split decision, one of the closest bouts of Adesanya’s career thus far.
    — Troy L. Smith, cleveland, 12 June 2021
  • Evans won the title on Showtime with a split decision over Luis Rosa.
    — Branson Wright, cleveland.com, 24 Jan. 2018
  • The two middleweights meet back in the desert three years later after Adesanya earned a split decision.
    — Mark Heim | [email protected], al, 12 June 2021
  • The one time his father chose Chinese food for the treat, Gotti lost a split decision.
    — Stan Grossfeld, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Jan. 2020
  • Castro didn't go down again, but didn't land enough big shots to win despite the judges calling the fight a split decision for Nery.
    — José M. Romero, The Arizona Republic, 5 Feb. 2022
  • Night’ anchor Shannon Bream breaks down where the justices ruled on the split decision.
    — Fox News, 14 Jan. 2022
  • There was a split decision, however, on whether the teams would eclipse the over/under total of 53 points.
    — Ryan Ginn, ajc, 29 Sep. 2017
  • Norton won a 12-round split decision from the judges, fracturing Ali’s jaw in the process.
    — John Wilkens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Apr. 2022

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