1
as in options
the power, right, or opportunity to choose
you have no choice: you have to go to the conference
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2
as in bets
a person or thing that is chosen
my choice for best song of all time
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3
as in best
individuals carefully selected as being the best of a class
that school accepts only the choice of the city's crop of high school students
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4
as in wills
the act or power of making one's own choices or decisions
the prisoner had no choice but to do what he was told
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Recent Examples of choices
The breakfast is a memorable buffet with Egyptian and continental choices in Zitouni, and the other restaurants offer distinct cuisines.
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 June 2026
In the hot Southern climate, Buffalosun, Cherokee Purple, Stellar, and Pink Delicious are excellent choices.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 16 June 2026
Monuments, syllabi, grant priorities—these are not sacred relics but civic choices.
—The Atlantic, 16 June 2026
How does this contrast shape their identities and choices, as well as where their lives ultimately take them?
—CBS News, 16 June 2026
Those choices do not change our organization’s commitment to inclusion, belonging, and creating a welcoming environment for all.
—Laurence Miedema, Mercury News, 16 June 2026
See the choices World Cup is here!
—Miami Herald, 16 June 2026
Your choices narrow after July 1 Several current repayment plans are being phased out or closed to new borrowers after July 1.
—Medora Lee, USA Today, 16 June 2026
Dobbins told Alford that his 2026 choices were down to two.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 9 June 2026
Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 June 2026
In the hot Southern climate, Buffalosun, Cherokee Purple, Stellar, and Pink Delicious are excellent choices.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 16 June 2026
Monuments, syllabi, grant priorities—these are not sacred relics but civic choices.
—The Atlantic, 16 June 2026
How does this contrast shape their identities and choices, as well as where their lives ultimately take them?
—CBS News, 16 June 2026
Those choices do not change our organization’s commitment to inclusion, belonging, and creating a welcoming environment for all.
—Laurence Miedema, Mercury News, 16 June 2026
See the choices World Cup is here!
—Miami Herald, 16 June 2026
Your choices narrow after July 1 Several current repayment plans are being phased out or closed to new borrowers after July 1.
—Medora Lee, USA Today, 16 June 2026
Dobbins told Alford that his 2026 choices were down to two.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 9 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for choices
Noun
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Click here to learn more about our different membership options.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
18 June 2026
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With the price much more affordable, multiple options are therefore available to choose from, and the need for a hedge against inflation pronounced, with the rate at its highest level in more than three years, gold could be the smart and secure investment to consider now.—
Matt Richardson,
CBS News,
17 June 2026
Noun
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Freddy and Teddy never stop making side bets and busting each other’s chops, mostly about who has the better golf game, this being the locker-room form of brotherly love.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
20 June 2026
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Prosecutors said Feinman maintained websites that allowed unlicensed gambling businesses to take bets from customers, including customers in California.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2026
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The most productive game of his career came in the Chiefs’ Super Bowl loss to the Philadelphia Eagles, with personal bests of 157 yards and two touchdowns on eight receptions.—
Blair Kerkhoff,
Kansas City Star,
11 June 2026
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In all, Enhanced said there were 14 personal bests set by 12 athletes, all of them swimmers and weightlifters.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
25 May 2026
Noun
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In 2010, French Gates cofounded the Giving Pledge, the promise the ultra-wealthy can make to give away their money in their lifetimes or their wills.—
Emma Hinchliffe,
Fortune,
13 June 2026
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Quicken LifeHub is a life organization system that stores key information for your family, including wills, health directives, internet passwords, travel documents and emergency health information.—
Amy DeYoung,
USA Today,
12 June 2026
Noun
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Politics plays a role To a degree, politics have always played a role in judicial selections.—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
14 June 2026
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Pochettino defended his midfield selections when the roster was announced on May 26.—
Michelle Kaufman,
Miami Herald,
13 June 2026
Noun
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But for all his noble qualities, my dad was a horrible golfer.—
John Dunlap,
Charlotte Observer,
18 June 2026
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And importantly, philanthropy is only one way to develop those qualities.—
Kris Putnam-Walkerly,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
Noun
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That moves Morocco — one of the favorites to go all the way — into first place in Group C, while Scotland falls to second.—
Matt Reigle OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
20 June 2026
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Cape Verde shocked the world by pulling off a scoreless draw against reigning European champions Spain (one of the favorites in this year’s World Cup).—
Adam Lichtenstein,
Sun Sentinel,
20 June 2026
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In July 2024, Rinderknecht demanded the chatbot generate an image that showed wealthy elites dining extravagantly on one side of a wall while the world burned beyond the barricade.—
James Queally,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2026
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Norway is good enough to get out of the group while playing the underdog role when facing the elites, like France.—
Greg Dudek,
Boston Herald,
8 June 2026
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“Choices.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/choices. Accessed 21 Jun. 2026.
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