decide on/upon
phrasal verb
decided on/upon; deciding on/upon; decides on/upon
: to choose (something) after thinking about the possible choices
He decided on blue rather than green.
I am having trouble deciding on a gift for them.
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Haigh is scheduled to decide on the future for the U.K.’s road-building program on Friday.
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Carlton Reid, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2024
For example, a factory manager in Tirupur anonymously revealed that grievance data collected through a third-party mechanism is shared directly with the brand, which then uses this data to decide on future orders for the supplier.
—Nandita Shivakumar, Sourcing Journal, 20 Sep. 2024
One bill Newsom did not yet decide on is SB 1047, an AI safety bill introduced by Sen. Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco), which has been hotly debated in Silicon Valley.
—Wendy Lee, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2024
Among the five proposals that Nike investors will decide on are those asking the world’s largest athletic apparel brand to explain its failure to cut carbon emissions and to evaluate ways to improve working conditions in its supply chain.
—Rob Davis, ProPublica, 6 Sep. 2024
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Carlton Reid, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2024
For example, a factory manager in Tirupur anonymously revealed that grievance data collected through a third-party mechanism is shared directly with the brand, which then uses this data to decide on future orders for the supplier.
—Nandita Shivakumar, Sourcing Journal, 20 Sep. 2024
One bill Newsom did not yet decide on is SB 1047, an AI safety bill introduced by Sen. Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco), which has been hotly debated in Silicon Valley.
—Wendy Lee, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2024
Among the five proposals that Nike investors will decide on are those asking the world’s largest athletic apparel brand to explain its failure to cut carbon emissions and to evaluate ways to improve working conditions in its supply chain.
—Rob Davis, ProPublica, 6 Sep. 2024
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“Decide on/upon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/decide%20on%2Fupon. Accessed 3 Oct. 2024.
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