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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Specimens preserved for decades or even centuries can give researchers a way to revisit old classifications, compare physical traits, and resolve questions that earlier scientists could not answer.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 5, 2026
There are bigger, structural issues that make these events worse and which take much longer to resolve such as "housing in exposed areas, fragile water and sanitation systems, and a weak healthcare system", he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
“We’re calling on the Supreme Court to resolve this issue and recognize that Congress did not silently make the sports-betting industry immune from state law,” Davenport said in a statement.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026
Most impressively, the wholesale modifications have helped resolve Crow-Armstrong’s greatest weakness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
At this fourth hearing, Carol and I were busily trying to process papers and resolve the endless issues that had emerged to keep Mr. Carter and Mr. Caston incarcerated.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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The artwork, called I'm Mr Mercury, is anamorphic, meaning the image only resolves when viewed from a single marked spot about 65ft away.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
The new study resolves many long-standing questions, but Scherz views it as the start of a much larger effort.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026
Analyst Andrew Lyons tells clients in a note that the promotion of Greg Ward to CEO resolves longstanding succession uncertainty in the latter stages of Shemara Wikramanayake’s eight-year tenure.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 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
Still, with his third New Year in the United States, Enrique resolves to change.
From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario
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The mystery was resolved by studying specimens collected in Ecuador during the 19th century and preserved at the Natural History Museum in London.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 5, 2026
With the election resolved, the work of building a governing team brought about more than a little competitive scheming.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
That could mean that one problematic ballot in a mailing of 10,000 prevents the other 9,999 from being sent until the discrepancy is resolved and the batch checked again.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
The company told ProPublica it resolved all problems related to the new cards “months ago.”
From Salon ● Sep. 1, 2026
If there are any more, it could cause a cascading failure in the grid—and with so many electrical workers AWOL, there’s no telling when such a thing would be resolved.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
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A Barnet Council spokesperson said the investigations "can be complex, involving multiple people and organisations" but they were "committed to resolving them as quickly and effectively as possible".
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
But Kroenke appears to be the perfect guy to resolve the longest-running and most critical order of business in Anaheim: resolving the Angels’ future there.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
“Here what worries us is having electricity, water and money and then resolving the day’s needs,” said Irelis Cedeño, a 65-year-old pensioner who lives just outside of Caracas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
Better understanding may hold the key to resolving the current large uncertainty in the projected sea-level rise over the next couple of centuries.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026
Moving from a dissonance to the consonance that is expected to follow it is called resolution, or resolving the dissonance.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
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