resolve
Usage
What are other ways to say resolve?
To resolve is to show firmness of purpose: He resolved to ask for a promotion. To determine is to arrive at a conclusion after reasoning or observation: He determined that there was no available path to victory. To decide is to make up one's mind as to what shall be done and the way to do it: He decided to go today.
Example Sentences
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Mold, in particular, can be a huge pain to resolve.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026
"Our teams are working to resolve the situation as quickly as possible, we apologise for any disruption caused," the airport said early on Saturday.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
Together, the evidence appears to resolve a long running dispute over whether original biological molecules can remain in extremely old fossils.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 14, 2026
Paramount Chief Executive David Ellison and his deputies are aiming to resolve the dispute that has delayed his quest to join Paramount, with CBS and its streaming services, to Warner, parent of HBO and CNN.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
There was a strange resolve in her brown eyes.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
No matter how such fighting resolves, many investors and executives say the era of cheaper AI is here to stay.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026
Luckily, the illness resolves with antibiotics, and it’s not fatal.
From Slate ● Jul. 17, 2026
Without a known source of the outbreak, medical experts say Americans should reconsider buying and eating certain foods until the outbreak resolves.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
"What we've shown is that if space-time has this non-trivial topology, then it resolves one of the deadliest problems of the cosmological constant," said study co-author Stephon Alexander, a professor of physics at Brown.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 19, 2026
I look up, and the peculiar impression of faces I'd gotten when I first walked in resolves itself.
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
Salazar said Jester had worked hard in juvenile hall to earn a high school diploma and had resolved to stay out of trouble.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
The US Navy did not immediately provide answers to questions from AFP, but US Central Command posted on X that the crew "remain resilient and resolved after more than 260 days at sea."
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
StubHub’s terms of service require disputes to be resolved through private arbitration, not the courts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
Auto insurers didn’t pay out on 45% of auto liability and medical claims they resolved last year, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
Several new calves had been born, and a dispute involving the ownership of a plow had been peaceably resolved, once both parties realized that plowsharing would grow more crops than fighting ever could.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
A spokesman for the development group said the Albanian legal system is “the appropriate venue for resolving questions about land ownership and the integrity of prior transactions.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
That poses a major obstacle to ending the war, not to mention resolving the even more complex, long-standing dispute over Iran’s nuclear program.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026
That case was considered a bellwether that could have set the tone for resolving thousands of similar lawsuits across the country.
From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026
With that in mind, resolving the situation one way or another is understandably viewed as a priority for Real before the transfer deadline.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
“And I am quite serious too, I assure you,” replied Mrs. Elton gaily, “in resolving to be always on the watch, and employing my friends to watch also, that nothing really unexceptionable may pass us.”
From "Emma" by Jane Austen
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