decide between
idiom
: to choose one of (two choices) : to make a choice between (two choices)
Voters must decide between the two candidates.
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All of this forces workers to decide between their income and their safety.
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Sam Delgado, Vox, 22 June 2024
But there is a burden of having to decide between taking my classes the way that they were intended and having to figure out an alternative, which makes the moment harder to appreciate.
—Salimatou Dombouya, New York Daily News, 8 Apr. 2024
For example, participants in several studies had to decide between $5 and $6 payments.
—Linh Vu, Scientific American, 11 Dec. 2023
The connections of Uncle Heavy, fifth in the April 6 Wood Memorial, and Tuscan Gold, third in the Louisiana Derby and trained by two-time Preakness winner Brown, will decide between the Preakness and the Peter Pan Stakes at New York’s Aqueduct Racetrack, the Daily Racing Form reported.
—Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 5 May 2024
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Sam Delgado, Vox, 22 June 2024
But there is a burden of having to decide between taking my classes the way that they were intended and having to figure out an alternative, which makes the moment harder to appreciate.
—Salimatou Dombouya, New York Daily News, 8 Apr. 2024
For example, participants in several studies had to decide between $5 and $6 payments.
—Linh Vu, Scientific American, 11 Dec. 2023
The connections of Uncle Heavy, fifth in the April 6 Wood Memorial, and Tuscan Gold, third in the Louisiana Derby and trained by two-time Preakness winner Brown, will decide between the Preakness and the Peter Pan Stakes at New York’s Aqueduct Racetrack, the Daily Racing Form reported.
—Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 5 May 2024
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“Decide between.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/decide%20between. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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