decider

British

/ dɪˈsaɪdə /

noun

the point, goal, game, etc, that determines who wins a match or championship

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Rather than facing a dead rubber after another demoralising defeat, they can now clinch the series in a decider in Taunton on Tuesday.

From BBC • May 30, 2026

Yapp won 70 caps as a scrum-half and went to three World Cups, leading the Red Roses to the 2006 decider.

From BBC • May 27, 2026

Rybakina was able to see out the opener but Starodubtseva won nine of the next 10 games to level the match and go 3-0 up in the decider.

From BBC • May 27, 2026

There were agonising near things in 1965 and 1986 for the Tynecastle side, losing out on the old goal average system after a final-day decider at home to Kilmarnock in the former.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

To be one was to be a decider.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

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