by choice
idiom
variants
or less commonly out of choice
: because one wants to
I live here by choice.
No one forced them to do it. They acted out of choice.
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Shauna is someone who, for a large part of her life, was almost by choice the moon to someone’s sun.
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Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Feb. 2025
The key is to bring more happiness sparks into your life — not by chance, but by choice.
—Scott Mautz, Contributor, CNBC, 15 Dec. 2024
Oliver mentions a colleague who became a single mother by choice using a donor.
—Meagan Jordan, Rolling Stone, 30 Jan. 2025
That said, Ochoa expects many households will continue to ditch gas by choice.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2025
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Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Feb. 2025
The key is to bring more happiness sparks into your life — not by chance, but by choice.
—Scott Mautz, Contributor, CNBC, 15 Dec. 2024
Oliver mentions a colleague who became a single mother by choice using a donor.
—Meagan Jordan, Rolling Stone, 30 Jan. 2025
That said, Ochoa expects many households will continue to ditch gas by choice.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2025
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“By choice.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/by%20choice. Accessed 20 Feb. 2025.
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