Synonyms for deciding
dɪˈsaɪ dɪŋde·cid·ing

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1. decision making, decidingadjective

   the cognitive process of reaching a decision

   "a good executive must be good at decision making"

   Synonyms:
   decision making

   Antonyms:
   indecisive

2. deciding(a), determinant, determinative, determining(a)adjective

   having the power or quality of deciding

   "the crucial experiment"; "cast the deciding vote"; "the determinative (or determinant) battle"

   Antonyms:
   indecisive

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1. popular sovereignty

   allowing people to decide

   Submitted by rinat on August 26, 2019  

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1. List of paraphrases for "deciding":

   decide, decided, determining, determine, decisive, decisions

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How to use deciding in a sentence?

1. Dana Singiser:

   We were ready to go and hit the ground running to make sure that everyone understood what was at stake with this particular seat being the deciding seat for us, for so many things that people care about from Roe v. Wade to environmental issues to campaign finance across the board.

2. Chancellor Sebastian Kurz:

   On the issue of checks, health checks at the border, you can picture it this way - of course the police is in charge of deciding which cars it makes sense for and for which it does not, particularly on the basis of license plates.

3. Ken Paxton:

   The impetus was protecting those involved in health care related to Medicaid and Medicare funding, so they wouldn’t have to make a choice with a gun to their head deciding between their jobs and their health.

4. Product Keith Coleman:

   We want to give more poeple voice in the process ind eciding whent o add context, and deciding what that context says.

5. Jessica Cisneros:

   At every turn, my congressman has stood in opposition to the Texas Democratic agenda. From being anti-union to being anti-choice and with the House majority on the line, Henry Cuellar could very much be the deciding vote on the future of reproductive rights in this country and we just can not afford that risk.