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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Every studio cut back on spending that year, though many not by choice.
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Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 19 Nov. 2025
Soldiers by choice Men between the ages of 25 and 60 can be drafted in Ukraine, but women are exempt.
—Joanna Kakissis, NPR, 11 Nov. 2025
However, the Jets are seemingly not making this decision by choice.
—Josh Buckhalter, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
And for families already affected by long Covid, absence after absence is prompting threats of investigations for truancy that have led to children being removed from school altogether, either by choice or upon the advice of the district.
—Eli Cahan, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2025
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Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 19 Nov. 2025
Soldiers by choice Men between the ages of 25 and 60 can be drafted in Ukraine, but women are exempt.
—Joanna Kakissis, NPR, 11 Nov. 2025
However, the Jets are seemingly not making this decision by choice.
—Josh Buckhalter, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
And for families already affected by long Covid, absence after absence is prompting threats of investigations for truancy that have led to children being removed from school altogether, either by choice or upon the advice of the district.
—Eli Cahan, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for by choice
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“By choice.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/by%20choice. Accessed 27 Nov. 2025.
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