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.

Examples of by choice in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

For those overwhelmed by choice, the ten-piece omakase menu is the perfect decision. —Jacqueline Dole, Travel + Leisure, 19 Mar. 2024

Employers can still provide lunch breaks and rest periods by choice, according to Pratt. —Chris Sims, The Courier-Journal, 4 Mar. 2024

Her character, Elodie, is being groomed to become a princess, though not by choice. —David Fear, Rolling Stone, 7 Mar. 2024

At the time, Australian police dismissed her concerns, insisting that her mother, Marion Barter, had disappeared by choice, and wanted nothing to do with her family. —Hilary Whiteman, CNN, 2 Mar. 2024

The share of older Americans who are working, by choice or necessity, has doubled in the past 35 years, according to a report released Thursday by the Pew Research Center. —Abha Bhattarai, Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2023

If the tonal shift is by choice, the other issue is one that can’t really be helped in the modern TV economy. —Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 22 Feb. 2024

New York native and nomad by choice—Emily is a marketing & PR pro, now the founder of the award-winning R Public Relations, New York. —Emily Reynolds Bergh, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2024

Many South Korean women like Koo are delaying motherhood by choice or by circumstance, putting professional and financial goals first. —Michelle Lee, Washington Post, 21 Feb. 2024