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noun

resolving

the settling of a problem, dispute, or question

In a sentence

Six example sentences with resolving, each labelled with its topic.

  • The resolving of the boundary dispute took three surveys and a judge willing to walk the fence line himself.

    Law

  • The resolving of the cofounders' argument over equity required a mediator and two long weekends of spreadsheets.

    Startups

  • The resolving of the contract standoff let the point guard rejoin practice a week before the season opener.

    Basketball

  • The resolving of the merge conflict took the whole afternoon, since two engineers had rewritten the same function differently.

    Technology

  • The resolving of the coalition dispute came only after both leaders agreed to swap the two contested ministries.

    Politics

  • The resolving of the shipping complaint took three phone calls and a refund the supplier had first refused.

    Business

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