chooses

present tense third-person singular of choose
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Recent Examples of chooses Zuriguel chooses a spot on the corner where the crowd is denser. Ari Daniel, NPR, 27 Oct. 2025 God chooses the pope, not cardinals, my barista says. David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025 One exception is if a company is downsizing and chooses to only terminate employees who have all recently or currently taken FMLA. Tamia Fowlkes, jsonline.com, 23 Oct. 2025 Each country chooses its own film to submit for Oscar consideration, and in Israel, the winner of best film at the Ophir Awards is automatically the country’s submission. Rebecca Keegan, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2025 Our research finds that the insurance company a household chooses strongly predicts how much coverage the household has. Tony Cookson, Denver Post, 22 Oct. 2025 Similar to finding that planets do not orbit the earth, the search for economics anomalies requires searching for empirical facts that cannot (easily) be explained using the standard economic model where everyone chooses by optimizing and makes no systematic mistakes. Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2025 Able to move upward only as far as the elevator rises, then quickly plunged to earth again, the elevator worker chooses to end his trials. Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025 Signature cocktails Whether a couple chooses an entire open bar or has select alcoholic offerings for guests, a signature cocktail can make the reception even more special. Metro Creative Services, Boston Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chooses
Verb
  • This nationally competitive program, funded by NASA, selects students who will increase their knowledge of science, technology, engineering and math through Earth and space education.
    Magda Liszewska, Oc Register, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Once the human in the loop selects the option the team prefers, the systems can assign tasks to agents that underlay SAP’s assistant.
    Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • An offense that wants to be in 12 personnel as often as the Commanders do (on about 24 percent of offensive snaps since the start of last season) had to build a tight ends room where players weren’t just carbon copies, but had above-average traits in areas that complemented one another.
    Jourdan Rodrigue, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Politically or electorally speaking, Maoism could hardly be less relevant in this day and age—no one wants egalitarian totalitarianism anymore than (most) people want fascism.
    Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Orpheus, unwilling to have anything to do with women again, chooses to become a swan in his next life, while a swan decides to become a man.
    David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Lawmakers will receive a 48-hour notice if the speaker changes his mind and decides to bring them back to vote.
    Bart Jansen, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Peruse our top picks for the best straight-leg jeans on the market, with tons of style options to fit your own aesthetic sensibilities.
    Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Recent research finds a similar curse afflicts National Football League teams that compete to acquire one of the top picks in its annual draft of new players.
    Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Our project, after the rule and collapse of the Hamas-ISIS government, is to secure the people and move them through the transitional phase … to civilian institutions that govern in a way that pleases God, far from their personal interests.
    Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Everything about it pleases me, from the correctness of all the enclitic marks upward, to the astonishing lambency of the whole.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Wong opts for a Belgian-style waffle, with deep cups ready to absorb the golf-ball-sized mound of sambal-honey butter on top.
    Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 25 Oct. 2025
  • The witch’s new year calls for a spiritual refresh, which is why Fernando Salinas opts to remove clutter and clear stale energy.
    Lisa Stardust, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • While Bobrovsky prefers red wine, another former teammate, Nick Cousins, says the goalie has also given out white wine and champagne.
    Julian McKenzie, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Hardneck garlic prefers cold temperatures, which may be hard to mimic inside.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 26 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • There’s a part of me that wishes everyone could experience the joy that is living in a place like Lanier, even for a moment.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Ticketmaster will require that every account that wishes to post tickets for resale have a unique taxpayer identification number.
    Ted Johnson, Deadline, 20 Oct. 2025

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“Chooses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chooses. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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