volitional

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Recent Examples of volitional The researchers highlight how conversational agents like ChatGPT offer solutions or answers to given prompts in volitional and affirmative wording, which can build user trust and encourage self-disclosure. Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for volitional
Adjective
  • Back in August, Office of Personnel Management Director Scott Kupor said roughly 300,000 federal workers would be gone from the government by the end of the year, noting that 80% of those departures were voluntary.
    Andrea Hsu, NPR, 28 Oct. 2025
  • It is not accredited by any major zoo or sanctuary associations, which is voluntary and comes with stricter welfare and conservation standards.
    Quinn Clark, jsonline.com, 27 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Within the past couple of years, the group has become a part of Arrowhead Kingdom, an all-volunteer national network of Chiefs fan groups.
    Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 8 Feb. 2023
  • That’s noteworthy for a show based at a high-school auditorium in Litchfield and run by a staff that is almost entirely volunteer, including the show’s star and its producer.
    Susan Dunne, Hartford Courant, 18 Aug. 2022
Adjective
  • The houses, often apartments inside the city’s tall residential buildings, strike so much fear among residents that anyone willing to live there can negotiate hefty discounts in one of the world’s most expensive property markets.
    Chris Lau, CNN Money, 31 Oct. 2025
  • There are real questions about how much more consumers are willing or able to pay.
    Camila Domonoske, NPR, 31 Oct. 2025

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“Volitional.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/volitional. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.

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