by choice

phrase

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.

Examples of by choice in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The offense has been a little more reticent to play the kids by choice. — Sam McDowell 12, Kansas City Star, 12 Oct. 2026

The rest do business in domestic markets, either by choice or circumstance. — Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 8 Oct. 2026

To avoid the pitfalls of apps like Tinder and Hinge—where women are vastly outnumbered by men and are therefore overwhelmed by choice while men receive very few matches—FirstDate uses a Nobel Prize-winning matching theory algorithm. — Jim Edwards, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2026

Boards are streamlining by choice rather than necessity, and in my experience, the prioritization of AI investments and strategy is accelerating the divestment of non-core assets faster than prior technology shifts. — Sami Nomair, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026

Rhymes for by choice

• rejoice
• voice