How to Use by choice in a Sentence
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Childless by choice and proud cat mom.
—Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 24 Nov. 2025
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We were broken by choice, not chance.
—Jennifer W. Tsai, STAT, 18 Jan. 2026
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Some of the scrappiness has been by choice.
—Eric Boodman, Vulture, 25 Mar. 2026
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But that does not mean it should be abandoned by choice and design.
—Larry Hogan, Washington Post, 19 July 2024
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Some people avoided the pool by choice.
—Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 11 Aug. 2025
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Nobody reads Walden Two by choice.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 27 Nov. 2025
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There was a girl in my high school who came to school—by choice—barefoot every day.
—Tara Gonzalez, Harper's BAZAAR, 23 June 2023
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Now there are thousands of people in the market and not by choice.
—Janelle Ash, Fox News, 15 Jan. 2025
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Co-parenting by choice might be the right model for you.
—Deborah Danan, Sun Sentinel, 24 Feb. 2026
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Payton now has seen five coaches leave his staff by firing or by choice.
—Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 31 Jan. 2026
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No one leaves their home, family and roots by choice or for comfort.
—Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 6 June 2025
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Why not write her off, alongside Roland, as homeless by choice?
—William T. Vollmann, Harper's Magazine, 16 Oct. 2023
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Every studio cut back on spending that year, though many not by choice.
—Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 19 Nov. 2025
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But keep in mind, these are the same people who drink Malort by choice.
—Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 19 Oct. 2022
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Even then, Gaza was a land where people came and went, often not by choice.
—Efrat Lachter, Fox News, 5 Feb. 2025
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The key is to bring more happiness sparks into your life — not by chance, but by choice.
—Scott Mautz, Contributor, CNBC, 15 Dec. 2024
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Hendizadeh became pregnant again, this time not by choice.
—Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 28 Dec. 2025
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In an ideal world, these single dads by choice might prefer not to be single.
—Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 19 Aug. 2025
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Still, coaches on the team acknowledged that part of this model was not by choice.
—Noah Weiland Lee Klafczynski, New York Times, 17 Mar. 2023
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Farias is currently safe and is with his mother, by choice, police said.
—Sarah Bahari, Dallas News, 6 July 2023
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Bears that left the fjords didn’t necessarily do so by choice.
—Evan Bush, NBC News, 16 June 2022
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Whether by choice or force, an upheaval is likely while the sun confronts Uranus.
—USA TODAY, 16 Nov. 2024
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Her absence from the spotlight wasn’t by choice, Tay insists.
—Danielle Bacher, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2025
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For those overwhelmed by choice, the ten-piece omakase menu is the perfect decision.
—Jacqueline Dole, Travel + Leisure, 19 Mar. 2024
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This belief sits within a broader landscape shaped by choice.
—Malana Vantyler, USA Today, 13 Feb. 2026
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This is the story of a family created by chance and then by choice.
—Jesse Wright, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2025
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Shauna is someone who, for a large part of her life, was almost by choice the moon to someone’s sun.
—Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Feb. 2025
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That’s pretty close to the strength of the Larceny, but that’s by chance and not by choice.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 12 Jan. 2023
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Taking on caregiving and full-time work outside of the home is not always by choice.
—Julia Korn, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
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At the same time, there’s been an exodus of federal workers who left by choice.
—Jessica Coacci, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2025
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