decide
verb (used with object)
to solve or conclude (a question, controversy, or struggle) by giving victory to one side.
is deciding
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present progressiveof decide (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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The Food and Drug Administration is deciding whether to officially allow them to be compounded—a decision that could take months or even longer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026
The sticky part is deciding how the benefits deriving from pathogens are defined and then shared, how the system is governed, and how equity is guaranteed.
From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026
A judge is deciding whether to keep him in custody.
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026
But that does raise the question of who is betting, and why the company is deciding one way rather than another.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 5, 2026
Thus, more difficult than making statistical estimates is deciding how much confidence we should place in them.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
