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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Most fundamentally, engineers needed to decide on the lander's shape.
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Users get to decide on the amount of thinking time.
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An independent regulatory commission will now be set up to decide on suitable punishments.
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Kloots even got to decide on her own color, cut and the type of jewelry as a nod to his legacy, too.
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Kristin Shaw, Ars Technica, 27 Feb. 2025
Users get to decide on the amount of thinking time.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
An independent regulatory commission will now be set up to decide on suitable punishments.
—James Pearce, The Athletic, 20 Feb. 2025
Kloots even got to decide on her own color, cut and the type of jewelry as a nod to his legacy, too.
—Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 11 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for decide on/upon
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“Decide on/upon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/decide%20on%2Fupon. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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