- present participle of decide.
deciding
Example Sentences
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It’s a momentous question the justices have put off deciding for nearly a decade — and may do so again.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026
With that in mind, City deciding to keep the squad completely intact should they move down the leagues appears unlikely.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
A. It takes companies several months from deciding they want to go public to listing shares.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Sources told Spanish media that the government would spend the weekend deciding its next step, and whether to dissolve parliament.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
I stood there a second longer before deciding that he’d probably find me anyway, so I ran after him.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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