How to Use decide between in a Sentence

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  • Beyond that, the Dodgers will decide between May and Tyler Anderson to be the team’s fourth starter.
    Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2022
  • Can't decide between a chocolate dessert recipe and a vanilla one?
    Bhg Test Kitchen, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Feb. 2023
  • For dessert, decide between maple pecan pie or pumpkin pie.
    Michele Herrmann, Forbes, 9 Nov. 2021
  • For dessert, decide between peach beignets or lemon posset.
    Georgann Yara, The Arizona Republic, 16 May 2023
  • No need to decide between crème brûlée, candy, or an Easter pie recipe.
    Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Oct. 2022
  • And if your road crew can't decide between the mountains and the beach, the distance between the two is less in South Carolina than its neighbors.
    Forrest Brown, CNN, 24 Mar. 2022
  • In one such case, a high school wrestler was forced to decide between cutting his hair or forfeiting a wrestling match in New Jersey.
    Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 27 Oct. 2022
  • But sometimes shoppers don’t want to decide between dozens of brands of staples such as olive oils, Lampert said.
    Ramishah Maruf, CNN, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Wage growth has not kept pace with the costs of housing, making more and more families have to decide between a rent payment and a grocery bill.
    Baltimore Sun, 17 May 2022
  • Earlier this year in Vienna, De Bique played Nitocris, the queen who had to decide between her son and a vow to her country.
    Beth Wood, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Mar. 2023
  • Watson was asked about his concern about juries having to decide between his word and that of two-dozen women.
    Chris Easterling, USA TODAY, 14 June 2022
  • The party shouldn’t have to decide between courting Latino and white working-class voters.
    Nate Hochman, National Review, 10 Oct. 2022
  • Meanwhile, Shanae can't decide between Logan and James.
    Emlyn Travis, EW.com, 12 Oct. 2022
  • For dessert, decide between masala chai ice cream or Kulfi popsicle bar.
    Georgann Yara, The Arizona Republic, 16 May 2023
  • This protection was supposed to expire next week, which would have forced residents to decide between their homes and their pets.
    Anthony De Leon, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2024
  • If a phone maker has to decide between a 1,440p resolution and a high refresh rate, the high refresh rate is absolutely the way to go.
    Maren Estrada, BGR, 23 Mar. 2022
  • Pecan pie brownies are an unique dessert that's the perfection combination for people who love chocolate and pecan pie and could never decide between the two.
    Micah A Leal, Southern Living, 30 Oct. 2023
  • Teams decide between taking just two pit stops – and having to fuel save throughout the race – or three – and giving up roughly 27 seconds on pitlane but being able to push full-bore throughout the race.
    Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 30 Apr. 2023
  • Yet a collector with sights set on obtaining one of these iconic vehicles will quickly come to a fork in the road, having to decide between the Gullwing and Roadster versions.
    Robert Ross, Robb Report, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Pumpkin Pie Cheesecake Bars Can't decide between baking a pumpkin pie or a pumpkin cheesecake?
    Samantha Brodsky, Country Living, 5 July 2023
  • One of the boilers sprang a leak several days before the explosion, and Mason was forced to decide between patching the hole and hoping for the best or wait several days for more thorough repairs.
    Josh Snyder, arkansasonline.com, 17 Dec. 2023
  • Colorado can’t decide between its three scholarship quarterbacks, two of which have struggled while the other has barely played.
    Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2022
  • To achieve that, Míchel has to decide between sticking to principle or a more defensive, conservative style.
    Henry Flynn, Forbes, 1 Apr. 2023
  • Can’t decide between a composite and metal-framed snowshoe?
    Whitney Spivey, Outside Online, 18 Oct. 2022
  • Those customers will also be able to decide between the content-rich Premium model or the elevated performance of the GT.
    Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 2 May 2023
  • Those customers will also be able to decide between the content-rich Premium model or the elevated performance of the GT.
    Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 2 May 2023
  • Buyers will also have to decide between three different roof heights and three different wheelbase lengths.
    Drew Dorian, Car and Driver, 21 Jan. 2023
  • The issue was raised in February 2023 in a report from the city Department of Animal Services, which said tenants would be forced to decide between remaining housed or giving up their pets.
    Angie Orellana Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Al-Khelaifi and his associates must now decide between loyalty or starting fresh.
    Henry Flynn, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2023
  • Club programs pressuring players to decide between club and high school competition is an issue that went away during the pandemic but has returned with a vengeance.
    Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 12 Nov. 2023

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