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as in chooses
to come to a judgment about after discussion or consideration
they decided to go out for pizza after the movie was over
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as in determines
to give an opinion about (something at issue or in dispute)
the judge decided that the defendant was not liable for damages
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as in arranges
to come to an agreement or decision concerning the details of
we waited for our captors to decide our fate
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as in settles
to make final, definite, or beyond dispute
the huge sum that they were offering decided the matter: we would sell the house
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as in derives
to form an opinion or reach a conclusion through reasoning and information
the commanding officer decided that the soldier was indeed telling the truth
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Recent Examples of decides
The Zion Phelps story is going to be told over and over at Loyola High to show students what can happen when someone discovers potential and decides to take a chance to bring it out.
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Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026
The board decides annually if the rent should go up, and by how much.
—Amethyst Martinez, USA Today, 1 May 2026
No matter what Nill decides this summer, the window will remain open.
—Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 1 May 2026
The chaos at the start of the Kentucky Derby sometimes decides the most exciting two minutes in sports in a matter of seconds.
—Stephen Whyno, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2026
Whatever the team decides, Lomu sounds happy to oblige.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 24 Apr. 2026
If two of the richest companies in the world are racing to control the sky, who decides how that access is priced and delivered?
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 24 Apr. 2026
Tom Cruise’s next movie is a comedy about the world’s most powerful man who decides to become humanity’s savior.
—Peter Bart, Deadline, 23 Apr. 2026
The final venues will be confirmed in June when the IOC decides the list of sports and events.
—ABC News, 23 Apr. 2026
Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026
The board decides annually if the rent should go up, and by how much.
—Amethyst Martinez, USA Today, 1 May 2026
No matter what Nill decides this summer, the window will remain open.
—Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 1 May 2026
The chaos at the start of the Kentucky Derby sometimes decides the most exciting two minutes in sports in a matter of seconds.
—Stephen Whyno, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2026
Whatever the team decides, Lomu sounds happy to oblige.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 24 Apr. 2026
If two of the richest companies in the world are racing to control the sky, who decides how that access is priced and delivered?
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 24 Apr. 2026
Tom Cruise’s next movie is a comedy about the world’s most powerful man who decides to become humanity’s savior.
—Peter Bart, Deadline, 23 Apr. 2026
The final venues will be confirmed in June when the IOC decides the list of sports and events.
—ABC News, 23 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for decides
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Rolder chooses the right sport Detroit’s fourth-round selection, Jimmy Rolder, was faced with a tough decision in college between baseball and football.—
Bob Tripi,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Apr. 2026
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Rolder chooses the right sport Detroit's fourth-round selection, Jimmy Rolder, was faced with a tough decision in college between baseball and football.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
26 Apr. 2026
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After word gets out that Frank Capra plans to see a matinee performance, a series of comedic twists and turns determines the fate of whether the two thespians achieve their acting ambitions.—
Philip Potempa,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Apr. 2026
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At the end of the fiscal year, the DOC determines its spending across areas like prison upkeep, the cost of settling lawsuits and workers’ claims, then divides that cost among all the people who were incarcerated at the time, Barrett said.—
Laura Tillman,
Hartford Courant,
30 Apr. 2026
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But elsewhere Margaret—who produced the record with longtime collaborator Doug Saltzman—arranges the same core sounds into more interesting, textured configurations, wielding millennial touchstones without the baggage.—
Linnie Greene,
Pitchfork,
29 Apr. 2026
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In the weeks before the draft, a team of decision-makers gathers there and hears reports on each player, discusses them and arranges the players on the board by a grade.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
23 Apr. 2026
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The Moon settles into your 4th House of Home, where honesty builds trust quickly.—
Tarot.com,
Hartford Courant,
28 Apr. 2026
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Once the showers move out on Wednesday evening, drier weather settles in.—
Rachael Jay,
CBS News,
28 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The name Business Wire likely derives from the terms news wires or wire services, which recall the mid-19th-century method of dispatching news via telegraph, sending electrical signals via wire across great distances.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
27 Apr. 2026
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Destined to delight Herzog fans for its offbeat ruminations on the evolution of creativity, the movie also derives ample philosophical weight from the sheer beauty and inherent mystery of the subject at hand.—
Eric Kohn,
IndieWire,
24 Apr. 2026
Verb
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In addition, Advanced Account Security automatically opts users out of exposing their data to AI model training, which can also be switched off by going to Settings > Data controls.—
Michael Kan,
PC Magazine,
30 Apr. 2026
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Mantello opts for a 1948 draft of the script to discover what Miller may have originally intended before the play’s first director, Elia Kazan, brought his collaborative influence to bear.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Apr. 2026
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The analysis ranks each of the city’s 37 library branches and 56 recreation centers based on what the report considers its importance to the nearby community and uses those rankings to provide the City Council with possible scenarios.—
Ashley Mackin Solomon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Apr. 2026
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The report also considers which shades best complement the drapey, lightweight fabrications gaining traction in the market.—
Angela Velasquez,
Footwear News,
30 Apr. 2026
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Mayor Mamdani understands the deadly seriousness of the task ahead.—
Jonathan Lippman,
New York Daily News,
29 Apr. 2026
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The film fully understands what genre fans come to the platform for — strong scares, spooky atmosphere and a wild ride.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
29 Apr. 2026
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“Decides.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decides. Accessed 7 May. 2026.
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