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Local authorities decide not only whether to implement the levy, but also how the money generated is spent, according to local needs.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

It is to make enough room for women to decide what those kitchens — and the careers built inside them — should look like once they arrive.

From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026

You don’t need to decide what to watch or decipher subtext and creative interpretation.

From Slate ● Sep. 26, 2026

Five of the nine states most likely to decide Senate control border Canada — Alaska, Ohio, Michigan, New Hampshire and Maine.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

Or the way I decide it’s only polite to smile back, until the nun glares and clears the fatty phlegm from her throat.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

If it decides to proceed, MGM could make its proposal in the coming days, the people said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

Professional life is crowded with micro-signals — clothes, cups, phones, tone, timing, posture — ordinary things that remain perfectly neutral until someone decides they are evidence of character.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

This is the president's theatre and he decides how long the public performance lasts.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

The team of scientists decides to wait and see what happens next.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

Now imagine you are at a race in which no count or starting signal is given, but a chosen leader just decides to start running and you are expected to jump in and catch up.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

"I have decided to pardon 49 people, 23 of them in connection with the terrible events we have gone through over the past year and a half," Vucic said, referring to the protests.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

Since my longtime therapist’s behavioral approach had already helped rein in my personality enough to quit smoking and drinking, and marry a great guy, I decided to try his suggestion.

From Slate ● Sep. 27, 2026

Levine and a colleague, Monique Johnson, decided to ask for outside help by launching an ad hoc podcast, Portrait of Possibilities, and they enlisted other experts such as Sullivan to be guests.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

Clement Delangue, the head of Hugging Face, said Wednesday during a United Nations Security Council session on AI: "I often wonder what would have happened had I decided not to close this attack publicly."

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

The wolf carcasses were too heavy to drag away, so he decided to camp further upstream.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

Dalvin Brown details how the rule works and weighs the pros and cons for families deciding between earlier payouts and bigger lifetime checks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

Each year, the office weighs some 120,000 violations, deciding whether to file charges and how to pursue them.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

The vote was initially tied, with 45 members backing the motion and 45 opposed, requiring Presiding Officer Huw Irranca-Davies to cast the deciding vote against the proposal in line with parliamentary convention.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

Understanding both the benefits and potential downsides of screening is important for women deciding whether to participate in breast cancer screening programs.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026

She stands there for a long moment, like she’s deciding how to respond.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy