Thesaurus / decide
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A famous example of decoupling occurred after golfer Tiger Woods’s sex scandal, Reed said, with some of his fans deciding they could separate “Tiger Woods the golfer and Tiger Woods the cheating husband.”
MYPILLOW BOYCOTT: HOW A PRODUCT CAN SPARK AN IDENTITY CRISISELIZABETH CHANGFEBRUARY 12, 2021WASHINGTON POSTHe had always been a midfielder, but at the Barcelona academy, coaches decided to try him at forward.
MATTHEW HOPPE WAS A LITTLE-KNOWN AMERICAN SOCCER PLAYER — UNTIL HE REACHED THE BUNDESLIGASTEVEN GOFFFEBRUARY 11, 2021WASHINGTON POSTI have zero problem with Cuban initially deciding not to play the anthem at Mavericks games this season.
THE PREGAME NATIONAL ANTHEM — IN ALL ITS ROILING CONTRADICTIONS — STILL HAS SOMETHING TO OFFERBARRY SVRLUGAFEBRUARY 11, 2021WASHINGTON POSTThe Schneider Electric team decided it was time for a change.
CASE STUDY: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC’S DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION THROUGH CENTRALIZED SEARCHEVAN KENT AND KIMBERLY DUTCHERFEBRUARY 11, 2021SEARCH ENGINE WATCHIt was deciding to step away from the team immediately afterward that was difficult.
A RARE DISEASE, A COVID DIAGNOSIS, A PAINFUL DECISION: THE DEATH OF BASKETBALL COACH LEW HILLDAVE SHEININFEBRUARY 11, 2021WASHINGTON POSTThe 2020 tournament was canceled because of the pandemic, and the NCAA decided early on that it would hold this year’s edition in one region.
BIG TEN MOVES MEN’S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT TO INDIANAPOLISEMILY GIAMBALVOFEBRUARY 9, 2021WASHINGTON POSTFinally, one day in May or June, he decided to take the risk to come visit me.
LOVE AT SIX FEETJULIA ROTHMAN, SHAINA FEINBERGFEBRUARY 9, 2021WASHINGTON POSTIf they decide to trade him, there will be plenty of interest.
THE 10 BIGGEST ROSTER QUESTIONS IN THE NFL AS THE OFFSEASON BEGINSJOHN CLAYTONFEBRUARY 9, 2021WASHINGTON POSTMet with the therapist once, decided it was too much trouble and bailed on a 10-year marriage.
CAROLYN HAX: HE DROPPED THE BOMB, AND NOW HE’S SURPRISED ABOUT THE FALLOUTCAROLYN HAXFEBRUARY 8, 2021WASHINGTON POSTHe decided to leave because he wanted to play for a team with more weapons and upside.
TOM BRADY, THE ONE-MAN DYNASTY, WAS TAMPA BAY’S PERFECT MISSING PIECEJERRY BREWERFEBRUARY 8, 2021WASHINGTON POSTWORDS RELATED TO DECIDE
- administers
- assumes command
- calls the shots
- calls the signals
- captains
- carries out
- commands
- conducts
- controls
- dictates
- directs
- executes
- exercises authority
- guides
- heads
- heads up
- holds dominion
- holds office
- holds sway
- is in power
- is in the driver's seat
- leads
- lies down the law
- manages
- occupies throne
- orders
- overrules
- oversees
- pilots
- pulls the strings
- regulates
- reigns
- renders
- runs
- serves the people
- steers
- superintends
- supervises
- sways
- tyrannizes
- wears the crown
- analyze
- ascertain
- categorize
- characterize
- classify
- collate
- decide
- demarcate
- determinate
- determine
- diagnose
- diagnosticate
- differentiate
- discriminate
- divide
- estimate
- extricate
- figure out
- finger
- identify
- individuate
- judge
- know
- label
- make out
- mark
- mark off
- name
- part
- pinpoint
- place
- qualify
- recognize
- select
- separate
- set apart
- set off
- sift
- signalize
- single out
- singularize
- sort out
- specify
- spot
- tag
- tell apart
- tell between
- tell from
- act on
- adjudge
- adjudicate
- appraise
- appreciate
- approximate
- arbitrate
- arrive
- ascertain
- assess
- check
- collect
- conclude
- condemn
- consider
- criticize
- decide
- decree
- deduct
- derive
- determine
- discern
- distinguish
- doom
- draw
- esteem
- estimate
- evaluate
- examine
- find
- gather
- give a hearing
- make
- make out
- mediate
- pass sentence
- place
- pronounce sentence
- put
- rate
- reckon
- referee
- resolve
- review
- rule
- sentence
- settle
- sit
- size up
- suppose
- test
- try
- umpire
- value
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