How to Use decide in a Sentence

decide

verb
Definition of decidenext
Synonyms for decidenext
  • One blow decided the fight.
  • This battle could very well decide the war.
  • A few hundred votes could decide the election.
  • I am trying to decide if it's warm enough for swimming.
  • They decided that he was right.
  • The case will be decided by the Supreme Court.
  • Will the business be successful? Let the public decide.
  • She is having difficulty deciding about the offer.
  • He decided that dinner would be at 7 o'clock, and asked guests to arrive at 6.
  • The hardest part might just be deciding whether to reach for the balm or the oil.
    — Kiana Murden, Vogue, 18 Jan. 2024
  • The Dodgers will have to decide whether to retain Bauer.
    — CBS News, 22 Dec. 2022
  • The old switcheroo Can’t decide on what color car to buy that may be a thing of the past.
    — Marc Saltzman, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2023
  • The other cities have yet to decide where to spend the money.
    — John Tuohy, The Indianapolis Star, 5 Jan. 2023
  • When will the Senate decide that this just isn’t a good look?
    — Pablo Manríquez, The New Republic, 23 Feb. 2023
  • The octopus seemed to decide whether or not the group would move to a new area.
    — Alexa Robles-Gil, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Sep. 2024
  • The Fed meets next on March 21-22 to decide on the next interest rate move.
    — Nate Dicamillo, Quartz, 10 Mar. 2023
  • But the Cardinals are in no rush to decide where the three-year pro will line up in 2023.
    — José M. Romero, The Arizona Republic, 9 Mar. 2023
  • The court has now decided that a new trial is to take place.
    — Tatiana Tenreyro, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Apr. 2024
  • When will the Supreme Court decide the student loans cases?
    — Jessica Gresko, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Feb. 2023
  • Last week, the union reported progress in the talks and decided not to add any more plants.
    — Tom Krisher, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2023
  • Many of them decided to take their pooches along for the journey.
    — Sydney Page, Anchorage Daily News, 19 July 2023
  • From there, create a board of all the things and a budget, and from there, decide what should be the star in the room and the other items around it.
    — Dominique Fluker, Essence, 30 Sep. 2023
  • At that point, Trump’s team decided not to call the witness.
    — Ron Elving, NPR, 2 June 2024
  • The Dodgers might only have two weeks to decide whether or not to keep Bauer this season.
    — Staff Writer follow, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2022
  • This was how a life was made: a woman woke up and decided.
    — Kanak Kapur, The New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2025
  • And when the year ended, Vrabel had to decide if LaFleur was the right man to keep leading the offense.
    — Rob Reischel, Forbes, 18 Sep. 2024
  • Don't miss these Trying to decide which custard place to go to?
    — Steven Martinez, Journal Sentinel, 19 Sep. 2024
  • How did the production decide to open the episode with William’s bar mitzvah?
    — Adam B. Vary, Variety, 18 Oct. 2024
  • And Schiff and Porter may not be the only House members who decide to run for Senate.
    — Bridget Bowman, NBC News, 2 Feb. 2023
  • Approaching that deadline, both a judge and La Liga decided not to grant licenses for the rest of the season.
    — Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025

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