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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
  • South Korea selected Possible Love as its submission for the best international feature Oscar, and Netflix is positioning the film as one of its major awards contenders of the season.
    — Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 14 Sep. 2026
  • The winners will be selected by an all-new jury consisting of filmmakers Kogonada, Josephine Decker and Pete Ohs, as well as producer Sarah Winshall and cinematographer Jomo Fray.
    — Tanya Fedak, Variety, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of selected
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  • With Balde out of favour and summer re-signing Joao Cancelo not yet fully up to speed, Flick has picked Espart at left-back for each of Barca’s opening five matches in La Liga.
    — Laia Cervelló Herrero, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Otosaka said the study stopped with 2023 data, but she's looked at measurements since and found the accelerating trend has picked back up.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of picked
Verb
  • The researchers did not find equivalent evidence that introverted participants preferred an introverted AI.
    — Paul Jones, Scientific American, 7 Sep. 2026
  • Germany, meanwhile, has historically preferred to spend money on satellites, scientific missions, and payloads.
    — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of preferred
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