decision-maker
noun
de·ci·sion-mak·er
di-ˈsi-zhən-ˌmā-kər 
variants
or less commonly decision maker
plural decision-makers also decision makers
: someone who is known or primarily responsible for making decisions
a good decision-maker
one of the company's key/top decision makers
However, this does not permit corrections personnel or a warden to automatically assume the role of the patient's medical decision-maker.—
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Would a third straight winning season inspire the decision-makers to continue the all-in approach instead of adapting the fiscally responsible course Miami has taken in free agency?
—Miami Herald, 4 Apr. 2025
The Cleveland Browns pick second, and the franchise’s decision-makers will go out to dinner with both Sanders and Hunter, The Athletic’s Zac Jackson wrote Thursday.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025
Regularly review feedback and share key insights with decision-makers.
—Lynn Godfrey, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
The Tigers saw Clayton coming before the rest of the college basketball — and surely NBA decision-makers — might have completely caught on.
—Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2025
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Miami Herald, 4 Apr. 2025
The Cleveland Browns pick second, and the franchise’s decision-makers will go out to dinner with both Sanders and Hunter, The Athletic’s Zac Jackson wrote Thursday.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025
Regularly review feedback and share key insights with decision-makers.
—Lynn Godfrey, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
The Tigers saw Clayton coming before the rest of the college basketball — and surely NBA decision-makers — might have completely caught on.
—Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2025
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“Decision-maker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/decision-maker. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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