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 game honors the weight of player choices from the original, allowing players to define whether Chloe survived the storm in Arcadia Bay and the nature of their relationship — whether friends or lovers.
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Jennifer Maas, Variety, 24 Mar. 2026
Pisces February 19 – March 20 Pisces, your sensitivity guides smart choices.
—Tarot.com, Chicago Tribune, 24 Mar. 2026
These choices are all up to you, and there are so many good ones on the market regardless of your preferences.
—Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 24 Mar. 2026
Chiefs beat writers Pete Sweeney and Blair Kerkhoff convened in The Star’s (mock) draft room to come up with choices for all nine picks.
—Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 24 Mar. 2026
Reliable Producers That Keep Delivering Green beans and zucchini are also top choices for easy gardening.
—Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Charlotte Observer, 24 Mar. 2026
February 19 – March 20 Pisces, your sensitivity guides smart choices.
—Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 24 Mar. 2026
Prosecutors in this case argued that platform design choices, rather than content alone, should be subject to legal scrutiny.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 24 Mar. 2026
Rising risk also comes from the choices Americans make about where to live.
—Andrea Riquier, USA Today, 24 Mar. 2026
Jennifer Maas, Variety, 24 Mar. 2026
Pisces February 19 – March 20 Pisces, your sensitivity guides smart choices.
—Tarot.com, Chicago Tribune, 24 Mar. 2026
These choices are all up to you, and there are so many good ones on the market regardless of your preferences.
—Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 24 Mar. 2026
Chiefs beat writers Pete Sweeney and Blair Kerkhoff convened in The Star’s (mock) draft room to come up with choices for all nine picks.
—Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 24 Mar. 2026
Reliable Producers That Keep Delivering Green beans and zucchini are also top choices for easy gardening.
—Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Charlotte Observer, 24 Mar. 2026
February 19 – March 20 Pisces, your sensitivity guides smart choices.
—Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 24 Mar. 2026
Prosecutors in this case argued that platform design choices, rather than content alone, should be subject to legal scrutiny.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 24 Mar. 2026
Rising risk also comes from the choices Americans make about where to live.
—Andrea Riquier, USA Today, 24 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for choices
Noun
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These tools promise new creative options.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
19 Mar. 2026
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Riders have two options, 100K and 64K, scheduled for June 13 this year.—
John Meyer,
Denver Post,
19 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Worries have gotten so high that traders have canceled nearly all their bets that the Federal Reserve could cut interest rates this year, according to data from CME Group.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
21 Mar. 2026
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South Africa’s gambling industry regulator estimates that around two-thirds of adults engage in online bets, more than double 2017 levels.—
Jeronimo Gonzalez,
semafor.com,
20 Mar. 2026
Noun
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But Pickens wants a long-term deal, and 2025 brought lots of career-bests for him in a contract year.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
16 Mar. 2026
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All these people in their Sunday best.—
Will Croxton,
CBS News,
15 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The register of wills collects and manages inheritance tax — a tax paid by heirs who receive money, property or other assets from the estate of a deceased person.—
Lily Carey,
Baltimore Sun,
16 Mar. 2026
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The report about the bust at the Basilica of Sant’Agnese fuori le Mura was published by Valentina Salerno, who undertook a decade of research into notarial records, inventories, wills, and correspondence, paired with stylistic analysis to connect the sculpture to Michelangelo.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
12 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The reform proposes splitting it into three separate chambers and altering how members are chosen, replacing internal elections with selections by lottery from eligible judges and prosecutors.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
22 Mar. 2026
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Clark helped raise the Giants out of the doldrums upon arrival, earning four All-Star selections, two Silver Sluggers and a Gold Glove over seven seasons with San Francisco.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
22 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Cancelling grants and funding on the basis of DEI constitutes discrimination on the basis of race, ethnicity, gender, and other qualities, the organizations claimed.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
19 Mar. 2026
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Raised in a military family and shaped by life on the move, Lawson’s comedy centers on resilience, relationships, and finding humor in chaos — qualities highlighted in his first two specials, Get to Know Me and My Name Is Preacher.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
19 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The South’s Best 2026 features all the reader’s new favorites, spanning culture, food, shopping and more.—
Alexis Simmerman,
Austin American Statesman,
21 Mar. 2026
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The most important thing is to consider pieces that are already your wardrobe favorites and go from there.—
Dino Bonačić,
Glamour,
21 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Conversely, every era of catastrophic government failure—the late Roman Republic, the Thirty Years’ War, the collapse of Weimar Germany—witnessed a period in which elites decided that process was a mere suggestion and that their own judgment was sufficient cause to ignore it.—
Anthony Scaramucci,
Fortune,
19 Mar. 2026
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Camus’s conspiracy that a cabal of powerful elites is plotting a great replacement to ensure the exploitation and domination of low- and middle-income White people is nothing short of a grand distraction.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 Mar. 2026
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“Choices.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/choices. Accessed 26 Mar. 2026.
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