deciding (on)

Definition of deciding (on)next
present participle of decide (on)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deciding (on)
Verb
  • Tossing a Tide pod inside your washing machine, selecting your preferred wash cycle, and pressing start sounds simple enough.
    Katelyn Chef, Southern Living, 18 June 2026
  • Leaders often devote significant attention to selecting the right platforms, tools, and vendors while overlooking the learning systems necessary to support adoption, experimentation, knowledge sharing, and workforce capability development.
    Michael Edmondson, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
Verb
  • McCarthy doesn’t paint Alex and Ethan as perfect allies or perfect victims, instead choosing to explore the shortcomings in their friendship through mostly gender-neutral growing pains.
    Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 19 June 2026
  • Langley has recruited women to open for every date, choosing Gabriella Rose, Kaitlin Butts, Avery Anna, Laci Kaye Booth, and Madeline Edwards for the tour, which kicked off in May and concludes this August in, appropriately, Texas.
    Marissa R. Moss, Rolling Stone, 19 June 2026
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“Deciding (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deciding%20%28on%29. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.

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