decisive action
noun
: an action or actions done quickly and with confidence
In emergency situations, one must be able to take decisive action.
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Patrick Keleher, of Funny or Die’s The Egos, meanwhile will play Seth, who may seem like the ideal police officer, but the job requires quick, decisive action — and that, alas, is something that doesn’t come naturally to him.
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Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 8 Aug. 2024
In response to this distressing reality and the dire economic and societal damage caused by unchecked climate change, Gov. Hochul moved the goalposts rather than taking decisive action to prevent further harm.
2024 tops the hottest summer recorded in human history.
—Kim Fraczek, New York Daily News, 4 Aug. 2024
Tackling the climate emergency will require decisive action.
—John Podesta, Foreign Affairs, 13 Apr. 2020
Presidents typically take their most decisive action in the first hundred days.
—Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 15 July 2024
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Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 8 Aug. 2024
In response to this distressing reality and the dire economic and societal damage caused by unchecked climate change, Gov. Hochul moved the goalposts rather than taking decisive action to prevent further harm.
2024 tops the hottest summer recorded in human history.
—Kim Fraczek, New York Daily News, 4 Aug. 2024
Tackling the climate emergency will require decisive action.
—John Podesta, Foreign Affairs, 13 Apr. 2020
Presidents typically take their most decisive action in the first hundred days.
—Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 15 July 2024
See all Example Sentences for decisive action
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“Decisive action.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/decisive%20action. Accessed 19 Aug. 2024.
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