decisive
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The article maintains that Latino men are a decisive constituency whose votes could determine congressional and local races.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
By the expedition's second day, however, the team began finding something far more decisive.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
"I would say that we have dropped our consistency and our competitive mentality in the second half. We know that small details can be decisive," Alonso said after Brentford added two late goals.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
In an August conversation with BoJ Governor Kazuo Ueda, Bessent expressed "strong support for Japan's decisive market and monetary steps to address the substantial undervaluation of the yen".
From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026
What gave the Spaniards a decisive advantage was smallpox, which reached Mexico in 1520 with one infected slave arriving from Spanish Cuba.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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