as in optional
subject to one's freedom of choice
discretionary spending on luxuries dropped dramatically last year
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Recent Examples of discretionary
The Landing is a discretionary project within the coastal zone and is subject to environment review under CEQA and the California Coastal Act, a port spokesperson said.
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Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2025
Those with sales of more than £500M have been asked to pay £50,000 into CIISA, while the lowest contribution can be discretionary for companies with revenues of less than £250,000.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2025
Nailah Queen, founder of wellness brand Regally Insane in Baltimore, said many Black Americans cut back on discretionary spending after job losses.
—Auzinea Bacon, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
Communication services and consumer discretionary stocks are also up more than 30% during the same period.
—Fred Imbert,nick Wells, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2025
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Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2025
Those with sales of more than £500M have been asked to pay £50,000 into CIISA, while the lowest contribution can be discretionary for companies with revenues of less than £250,000.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2025
Nailah Queen, founder of wellness brand Regally Insane in Baltimore, said many Black Americans cut back on discretionary spending after job losses.
—Auzinea Bacon, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
Communication services and consumer discretionary stocks are also up more than 30% during the same period.
—Fred Imbert,nick Wells, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for discretionary
Adjective
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The previously optional 5,000-pound towing package is standard now.—
Mark Phelan,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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The orchestration layer must detect failure patterns and adapt—whether by retrying, skipping optional steps or escalating the task to a human reviewer.—
Gopikrishnan Anilkumar,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Debtor filed a voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition.—
Jay Adkisson,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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Earlier this year, LNK International issued a voluntary recall of its Kirkland Signature Severe Cold & Flu Plus Congestion medication sold at Costco due to a batch mistakenly being released after it was rejected for potential foreign material contamination.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Discretionary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/discretionary. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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