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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These usually resolve within a week or two.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
Competing visions of religious liberty clash in ways difficult to resolve.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
His case was selected as a bellwether to help resolve thousands of similar lawsuits across the country.
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
Divergences like that resolve one way or another — either stock prices fall or earnings-estimate momentum gets back on track.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
The look he gave me nearly undid my resolve to decline his offer.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
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
So whether and how the government resolves its stake is critical to the share prices.
From Barron's ● Jun. 16, 2026
The sentencing resolves two separate federal criminal convictions for the Yale-educated Lindberg, a self-proclaimed billionaire.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026
The rain resolves into a tapping noise....My eyes snap open.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
In 2000, the divergence was resolved by a sharp selloff.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
Matters were quickly resolved and soon Newcastle were on their way.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
"We had hoped, however, that this issue could be resolved without further escalation," Swonger said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 2026
Prosecutors last month resolved a probe of Bethesda, Md.-based EagleBank without levying charges.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
But the key point is that the debate was not resolved so much as built into the fabric of our national identity.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
The president hasn’t made a final decision on next steps in the war, officials said, and he insists privately and publicly that he would prefer resolving his dispute with Iran diplomatically.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
Most investment contracts include an arbitration clause for resolving disputes.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
Trip-related problems are so common, in fact, that consumer advocate Christopher Elliott has stitched an entire career out of resolving them — from timeshare scams to horrible airline customer service and beyond.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
Resident doctors in Wales are currently resolving or navigating disputes, without going on strike, regarding pay and training opportunities.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
There was one other major problem with Earth theories that no one had resolved, or even come close to resolving.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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