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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Whitfield’s life was spared after the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Ring v. Arizona, which ruled in 2002 that only a jury can decide on facts necessary to impose the death penalty.
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Katie Moore, Kansas City Star, 26 June 2025
The council is slated to decide on its latest agenda items this week.
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With the top six automatically qualifying, that leaves six spots for the captain to decide upon.
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The Heat has until Sunday to decide on that team option, with Johnson becoming an unrestricted free agent if Miami chooses to bypass the option.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 23 June 2025
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Katie Moore, Kansas City Star, 26 June 2025
The council is slated to decide on its latest agenda items this week.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 25 June 2025
With the top six automatically qualifying, that leaves six spots for the captain to decide upon.
—Kendall Capps, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 June 2025
The Heat has until Sunday to decide on that team option, with Johnson becoming an unrestricted free agent if Miami chooses to bypass the option.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 23 June 2025
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“Decide on/upon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/decide%20on%2Fupon. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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