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opted (for)

verb

past tense of opt (for)
as in selected
to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities I opted for the smaller car after I calculated how much money I would save on gas every week

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for opted (for)
  1. selected
  2. picked
  3. preferred
Verb
  • The company said respondents were selected among internet users in Venezuela and that the survey used geographic quotas and safeguards intended to prevent duplicate responses.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 21 Sep. 2026
  • The coaches of both teams had injury updates Monday about the quarterbacks who were selected first (Williams) and second (Daniels) in the 2024 draft.
    — Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of selected
Verb
  • The Producers Lab has picked 10 up-and-coming local producers, drawn from Jakarta, West Sumatra, West Java, Central Java and Kalimantan.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 23 Sep. 2026
  • The people who seemed most settled weren’t the ones who’d picked a lane early.
    — Aditi Khullar, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of picked
Verb
  • My daughter, who is 13, preferred to soak up the sun, lounging by the water’s edge.
    — Kimberly Zapata, Parents, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Granoff acted as an advisor and dealer to Schlumberger, who preferred not to vaunt her collection to Parisian high society.
    — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of preferred
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