see/think fit

idiom

: to choose to do something because one thinks it is right or appropriate
She can spend her money as she sees fit.
They might see fit to make some adjustments.

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Now if only Toyota would see fit to actually build the thing. Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 18 Apr. 2025 Pound cake is a bit of a blank slate, so feel free to flavor the base as your see fit. Mary Alice Russell, Southern Living, 16 Apr. 2025 This was an approach Intel abandoned for Lunar Lake and also didn't see fit to include in the desktop-class Arrow Lake CPUs. Ars Technica, 6 Jan. 2025 And, most pressing perhaps is the poverty and abandonment that keep La Suprema in the dark — all a result of policies and politicians who don’t see fit to invest in this Afro-Colombian community. Manuel Betancourt, Variety, 21 Dec. 2024 Building Toys for Kids Toys with a building component invite open-ended play to foster creativity in any shape or form kids see fit, while gifts like Legos also offer clear instructions for builders who prefer to follow a blueprint. Katrina Cossey, Parents, 19 Nov. 2024 Until the voters see fit to have more balance in Colorado, the Ds have total control. The Denver Post, 11 Oct. 2024 Vape manufacturers are taking a victory lap over a Supreme Court decision that could dramatically weaken the Food and Drug Administration’s power to regulate tobacco and nicotine products as regulators see fit. Nicholas Florko, STAT, 28 June 2024 Within industry, where many of today’s AI breakthroughs are happening, companies like OpenAI are actively striving to create AGI, but include research on AGI’s social dimensions and safety issues only as their corporate leaders see fit. Edmon Begoli, IEEE Spectrum, 7 May 2024

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“See/think fit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/see%2Fthink%20fit. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.

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