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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a decisive turn" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a significant change in direction or approach in a situation, event, or narrative.
Example: "The negotiations took a decisive turn when both parties agreed to compromise on key issues."
Alternatives: "a pivotal shift" or "a critical change".
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The announcement was the first official word on the whereabouts of any members of the Qaddafi family since the colonel was routed from his Tripoli fortress by rebel forces a week ago, a decisive turn in the Libyan conflict.
Are we seeing a decisive turn in UK politics?
But that could change quickly when consumer prices make a decisive turn higher.
Its revival marked a decisive turn in the modern Arab world.
On the surface, the latest GDP figures hardly suggest a decisive turn for the better.
So after intermission on Saturday, the program took a decisive turn.
On September 15 the election took a decisive turn when the Lehman Brothers investment banking house collapsed into bankruptcy.
A decisive turn came when a whistleblower contacted, among other people, a reporter at the Arizona Republic.
He took a post at Glavlit, the Soviet Union's censorship organization, and announced a "decisive turn toward extreme class vigilance".
Relations between Iran and Arab public opinion took a decisive turn with the bloody events that engulfed Iraq in 2005.
But a decisive turn in the story occurred in Iberia in the late fourteenth century, when massacres of Jews inspired huge numbers to accept baptism.
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