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- they decided to go out for pizza after the movie was over
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- the judge decided that the defendant was not liable for damages
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- we waited for our captors to decide our fate
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- blueprints,
- calculates,
- charts,
- concerts,
- designs,
- drafts,
- frames,
- hammers out,
- intrigues,
- lays out,
- maneuvers,
- maps (out),
- plans,
- programs
- (also programmes),
- schematizes,
- schemes,
- shapes,
- squares away,
- works out
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- the huge sum that they were offering decided the matter: we would sell the house
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- the commanding officer decided that the soldier was indeed telling the truth
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“Decides.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decides. Accessed 16 May. 2022.
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