opt in
phrasal verb
opted in; opting in; opts in
: to choose to do or be involved in something
The company offered a new health insurance plan so that more workers would opt in.
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Users need to opt in to social features for every experience and can unsubscribe at any time, Airbnb said.
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Samantha Subin, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2025
If an investor declined to opt in, other existing investors could buy new units.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 20 Oct. 2025
The paper points out its limitations are having a small sample size and relying on a database that only includes emergency departments that opt in to the data collection.
—Arundathi Nair, NPR, 19 Oct. 2025
Estates and families push back Following public criticism, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced that rights holders will soon need to opt in for AI likeness use rather than being included by default.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2025
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Samantha Subin, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2025
If an investor declined to opt in, other existing investors could buy new units.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 20 Oct. 2025
The paper points out its limitations are having a small sample size and relying on a database that only includes emergency departments that opt in to the data collection.
—Arundathi Nair, NPR, 19 Oct. 2025
Estates and families push back Following public criticism, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced that rights holders will soon need to opt in for AI likeness use rather than being included by default.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2025
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“Opt in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/opt%20in. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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