ultimate decision

collocation in English

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ultimate
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈʌl.tɪ.mət/us
/ˈʌl.tə.mət/
most extreme or important because either the original or final, or the best ...
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decision
noun
uk
/dɪˈsɪʒ.ən/us
/dɪˈsɪʒ.ən/
a choice that you make about something after thinking about ...
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Generally speaking, the biggest measure in the fuzzy set is theultimatedecision.
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While theultimatedecisionmay remain contested terrain, it is nevertheless possible to summarise the general arguments for and against the regulation of assisted living.
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I contend that litigant participation in adjudication is meaningless without concomitant responsiveness by theultimatedecision-maker, the judge.
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The scale of a benefit-cost analysis should depend on both the stakes involved and the likelihood that the resulting information will affect theultimatedecision.
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The most important is the fact that theultimatedecisionis made by a politician.
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On this kind of decision, the matter of privacy over anultimatedecisionmust rest with the patient.
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The experiences of education administrators working within the special educational needs departments of local education authorities who make theultimatedecisionregarding school placement have hitherto been unexplored.
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In conclusion, the nurse specialist is an integral member of the team consisting of pediatric cardiologists and cardiac surgeons in assisting parents and supporting them with theirultimatedecision.
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But obviously here theultimatedecisionrests with the budgetary authority.
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There is no advantage in trying to tie our hands now on thatultimatedecision.
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If a worth-while project is defeated by public opinion because it is wrongly presented theultimatedecisionis bound to be wrong.
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I am not so far seeking to go into what theultimatedecisionshould be on the seamen's strike.
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He may have fifty colleagues, but he is the man on whom theultimatedecisionmust rest, the decision for peace or war.
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Some of them may take time forultimatedecision.
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It would be a short-term solution only and would put off theultimatedecisionwhen electrification or permanent upgrading would have to take place.
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The actions of men in other countries will help to shape theultimatedecision.
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Theultimatedecisionas to where spiritual life lies is in the political area.
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We leave these matters for theultimatedecisionof those who are properly charged to deal with them.
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But this statement was without prejudice to theultimatedecisionwhich might be reached.
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All of them are capable of diagnosing swine-fever, but theultimatedecisionrests, in every case, with the chief veterinary officer.
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