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 The Sun conjoins Mercury in Virgo and your 1st House of Self, sharpening your voice, presence, choices, and personal direction. — Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Aug. 2026 Clients are looking for a partner who grasps their objectives, assists with key financial choices, and adapts alongside them as their circumstances shift, said Scott Stearsman, head of Premier and branch banking at Truist. — Charlotte Observer, 27 Aug. 2026 The book also looks back at the scrutiny surrounding her clothing choices and appearance during husband Barack Obama's presidential campaigns and his two terms in the White House. — Sameen Chaudhry, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026 Voters from Pennsylvania to California describe painful choices at the pump and grocery store, with many blaming Republicans and shifting toward Democratic candidates in some of the nation’s tightest House and Senate races. — Mike Catalini, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026 You’re limited to 8GB of RAM, with storage choices of 128GB or 256GB. — James Peckham, PC Magazine, 27 Aug. 2026 Tariffs could also limit technology choices for Americans by delaying new product launches, including devices featuring the latest AI technologies. — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 27 Aug. 2026 Uncertainty has an effect on farmers’ choices Economic research shows that trade policy uncertainty affects agricultural decisions even before tariffs take effect. — Jayash Paudel, The Conversation, 27 Aug. 2026 Young people are investing in financial assets, businesses and themselves while taking advantage of choices that weren’t always available to previous generations. — Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for choices
  1. options
  2. bets
  3. best
  4. wills
  5. selections
  6. qualities
  7. favorites
  8. elites
Noun
  • The deadline has passed for players to be eligible for the postseason if waived by another team, so Las Vegas has to look outside the WNBA for options.
    — Sabreena Merchant, New York Times, 28 Aug. 2026
  • And while von Furstenberg gravitated to something more minimalist and streamlined for her look, there’s plenty of options out there for the more flamboyant sun-seekers, too.
    — Margaux Anbouba, Vogue, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of options
Noun
  • Investors seized on that weakness, many placing bets that the cryptocurrency would be stuck in that range for some time to come.
    — Michelle Chapman, Fortune, 23 Aug. 2026
  • The league also claimed Gold participated in parlay bets on NFL and college games.
    — Doug Haller, New York Times, 22 Aug. 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
  • The projections can take whatever physical form a ring-bearer wills, and some powerful Lanterns have conjured the shapes of living beings, though sentience is another matter.
    — Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Community Legal Services of Philadelphia also offers assistance with wills and estate planning.
    — Joshua Sidorowicz, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of wills
Noun
  • The first-round selections will be announced in early September, followed by final pitching in late September, with final selections announced during ACFM.
    — Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Over the course of two long and decorated MLB careers — which includes Heyward’s five Gold Gloves, Freeman’s 10 All-Star selections, and five World Series rings between the two of them — their paths diverged and reconnected multiple times.
    — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of selections
Noun
  • Summary Personality traits often blur between desirable and undesirable, with positive qualities becoming negative in extreme.
    — Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
  • McGee joked with the crowd that their most similar qualities were distress around loud noises and mild anxiety.
    — Maddie Rhodes, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of qualities
Noun
  • Naturally, some of our favorites happen to be in the women’s designer sale section.
    — Kristina Rutkowski, Vogue, 28 Aug. 2026
  • And this year’s menu reflects some through-the-years favorites, including some that have been re-imagined.
    — Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of favorites
Noun
  • The chances of Aschenbrenner being one of the wealthy elites who could afford to buy a galaxy, however, are now looking as remote as the possibility that humankind could ever conquer one within his lifetime.
    — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 27 Aug. 2026
  • But talking about corruption in a moral or systemic sense – observing that the country is in decline, or that elites are out of touch – can be effective.
    — Robert Boatright, The Conversation, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of elites

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“Choices.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/choices. Accessed 31 Aug. 2026.

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