choices

noun

plural of choice
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 Our children must make their own choices and create lives of their own making. — Eric Becker, Fortune, 10 Sep. 2026 Salmon Salmon is among the healthiest and safest seafood choices. — Angela Ryan Lee, Verywell Health, 10 Sep. 2026 Top candidates have choices, which means leaders need to give them compelling reasons to choose you. — Aleksandr Yampolskiy, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2026 Echolands Winery, Amavi Cellars, and Alton Wines are some good choices for tasting rooms with sweeping views. — Beth Luberecki, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026 Price controls don't make scarce goods abundant, risky loans safe or bad choices cost-free. — Arkansas Online, 9 Sep. 2026 While voters’ choices have been, more often than not, defensible, the unanimity betrays a lack of imagination and drains any hint of drama from the ceremony. — Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026 What shouldn’t happen, at least this Saturday against Florida Atlantic in the Gators’ opener of the Sumrall era, is any quarterback switcheroos, no matter how much Sumrall wants to continue weighing his choices. — Noah White, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2026 Below are six choices from Coach, Kate Spade, Nordstrom, and Amazon that work for the office, while running errands, and beyond. — Izzy Baskette, PEOPLE, 3 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for choices
  1. options
  2. bets
  3. best
  4. wills
  5. selections
  6. qualities
  7. favorites
  8. elites
Noun
  • Jaissle so far seems to view Toure as one of his left-wing options, though whether Fernandez-Pardo’s arrival changes things remains to be seen (but the Belgian is keen to play through the middle).
    — Chris Waugh, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Buy those batteries and pick from seven different free Milwaukee tool options, worth as much as $229.
    — Andrew P. Collins, The Drive, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of options
Noun
  • Fox News and right-leaning networks One America News Network and Newsmax are good bets to air all or most of the convention.
    — Zac Anderson, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Palandrani stressed that this doesn't mean the thematic bets are having a dramatic impact on overall portfolio construction.
    — Eric Rosenbaum, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of bets
Noun
  • Benton had career bests in tackles (51), tackles for loss (6) and sacks (5 1/2) while helping the Steelers to the AFC North title.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 15 Aug. 2026
  • With the three-row Kia Sorento, the Hyundai Palisade retains the South Korean brands’ 10-year, 100,000-mile powertrain warranty, both segment and industry bests.
    — James Raia, Mercury News, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of best
Noun
  • Collect all relevant documents including account numbers, birth certificates, insurance policies, deeds, wills and important contact information.
    — Alexiah Syrai Olsen, Sacbee.com, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Whittingham demands toughness, doesn’t tolerate any foolishness and rarely loses in a battle of wills.
    — Austin Meek, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of wills
Noun
  • Musical selections will bee provided by students from Havre de Grace High School.
    — The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore Sun, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Gap even takes things up a notch by swathing certain Five-Pocket selections in vegan suede and multiple shades of canvas — effectively nodding to its other beloved bottoms options.
    — Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of selections
Noun
  • But things did not click regularly enough as a team, hence the summer-long search for a new No 10-type playmaker who could provide the necessary creativity and consistency to supplement Windass’ qualities.
    — Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Nigerian pastor William Kumuyi, whose Global Crusades have taken his ministry to countries across several continents, sees those qualities as a wider feature of African Christianity.
    — Nimi Princewill, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of qualities
Noun
  • Fan-favorites are set to return, including the FlowRider surf simulator, the Crown’s Edge zip line and skywalk, Adrenaline Peak rock-climbing wall, Lost Dunes mini-golf course and sports courts.
    — Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Sep. 2026
  • So plenty of shopping and old-town favorites such as the Loos American Bar, the high-stepping horses of the Spanish Riding School, the Albertina museum (but ask directions for the new Albertina Modern, a little further away).
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of favorites
Noun
  • That’s part of what separates the elites of a sport from the rest.
    — Ava Wallace, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Tung, a shipping tycoon, had little political experience before a panel of pro-Beijing elites picked him to be the first leader of the southern Chinese territory after the end of British colonial rule in 1997.
    — Kanis Leung, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026
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“Choices.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/choices. Accessed 14 Sep. 2026.

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