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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The ones who stop hiding behind slick labels and start owning their impact—ingredient by ingredient, label by label, choice by choice.
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Greg Vetter, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
Even rarer, doing so by choice or, like Belichick, having held no official role in the college ranks.
—David Ubben, New York Times, 19 May 2025
Though a Midwesterner by birth, Workman is now a Central Floridian by choice.
—Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 May 2025
The quits rate, which tracks how many workers are leaving jobs by choice, ticked up to 2.1%, according to Trading Economics.
—Cheryl Robinson, Forbes.com, 3 May 2025
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Greg Vetter, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
Even rarer, doing so by choice or, like Belichick, having held no official role in the college ranks.
—David Ubben, New York Times, 19 May 2025
Though a Midwesterner by birth, Workman is now a Central Floridian by choice.
—Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 May 2025
The quits rate, which tracks how many workers are leaving jobs by choice, ticked up to 2.1%, according to Trading Economics.
—Cheryl Robinson, Forbes.com, 3 May 2025
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“By choice.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/by%20choice. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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