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as in to want
to see fit
do as you will—I wash my hands of the whole affair
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as in restraint
the power to control one's actions, impulses, or emotions
she kept her face still by sheer force of will
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as in choice
the act or power of making one's own choices or decisions
you cannot force me to do anything against my own will
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Recent Examples of will
Kolawole Samuel Adebayo, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025
Swish a floater in the lane to essentially ice things, only to be called upon to drill a pair of free throws seconds later because LeBron James nearly willed Los Angeles back into it?
—Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 20 Feb. 2025
Sophie Hills, Christian Science Monitor, 4 June 2025
What's revolting is the hubris that has inspired Trump to ignore the law as declared by Congress and the courts and associate law instead with his own personal will.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 June 2025
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Verb
But like a car, AI only goes where the driver wills its wheels.
—Kolawole Samuel Adebayo, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025
Swish a floater in the lane to essentially ice things, only to be called upon to drill a pair of free throws seconds later because LeBron James nearly willed Los Angeles back into it?
—Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 20 Feb. 2025
Noun
The founders used the First Amendment to cement free speech as a civic badge in a country where the government served the will of the people.
—Sophie Hills, Christian Science Monitor, 4 June 2025
What's revolting is the hubris that has inspired Trump to ignore the law as declared by Congress and the courts and associate law instead with his own personal will.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for will
Verb
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Guests are encouraged to leave their small army assistants and handlers behind (though some stash them in nearby hotels).—
Matt Donnelly,
Variety,
10 June 2025
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In one case, the person had left the state overnight.—
Eric Cortellessa,
Time,
10 June 2025
Verb
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But White wanted to see boxing spectacles made more accessible.—
Jacob Feldman,
Sportico.com,
10 June 2025
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Smith has been getting more serious about wanting to be an actor.—
Seth Abramovitch,
HollywoodReporter,
10 June 2025
Noun
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Still, progressive proponents of the ERA demanded that some legal loophole must exist to circumvent those restraints.—
Sarah Bedford,
The Washington Examiner,
8 June 2025
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Intense hostility all around means that for now, neither Russia nor China is even willing to sit down to discuss nuclear restraints, in treaty form or otherwise.—
Matthew Bunn,
The Conversation,
6 June 2025
Noun
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Without swift Congressional action, millions could lose their health coverage, and small business owners could face devastating financial choices — all in an economic climate already fraught with uncertainty.—
Brewster Bevis,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 June 2025
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This is a game of choices — difficult ones, at that — in which tasks range from finding your wife and offering gifts to friends, to speaking with a skeleton who can see through time and dethroning God.—
Matt Gardner,
Forbes.com,
8 June 2025
Verb
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The Oilers bought out the final three seasons of the five-year $25-million contract that Holland bequeathed on goaltender Jack Campbell in 2022.—
Carol Schram,
Forbes.com,
14 May 2025
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In 1937, the major American collector Andrew Mellon bequeathed two Vermeers to the National Gallery, which, despite the promises of Wilhelm von Bode of Berlin’s Kaiser-Friedrich-Museum and Wilhelm Martin of the Mauritshuis—titans of the European museum world—also turned out to be imitations.—
Kristian Vistrup Madsen,
Harper's Magazine,
19 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Politics is a service business and Trump and his Capitol Hill allies are aiming to please the customer.—
David M. Drucker,
Twin Cities,
8 June 2025
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Ralph Fiennes’s concierge is the director’s natural surrogate, the behind-the-scenes guy who tends to every detail of the hotel’s operation while going to extraordinary lengths to please the guests, even if that means bedding octogenarians.—
Scott Tobias,
Vulture,
7 June 2025
Noun
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From a basketball standpoint, Newell’s experiences with hard work and determination have manifested themselves into a never-ending urge to hunt offensive rebounds.—
Mat Issa,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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Despite facing serious health challenges, Les Jones continues to chase the trails as a powerful reminder that passion and determination can carry us far.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
People.com,
7 June 2025
Noun
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Murderbot's newfound free will leads to odd behavior sparking suspicion from the PreservationAux team.—
Billie Melissa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 May 2025
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The best part of the series is that Murderbot realizes in real time that his survival depends on changing his free will from a self-serving code to an acceptance of all the intimate and scary parts of being alive.—
Rory Doherty,
Time,
16 May 2025
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“Will.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/will. Accessed 20 Jun. 2025.
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