by choice
idiom
variants
or less commonly out of choice
: because one wants to
I live here by choice.
No one forced them to do it. They acted out of choice.
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Her absence from the spotlight wasn’t by choice, Tay insists.
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Danielle Bacher, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2025
Either by choice or otherwise, Wolves lost seven players who appeared regularly in the first team last season and brought in six new faces, so numbers-wise, there is little difference.
—Steve Madeley, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
This isn’t to say that this refusal is a good thing; many haven’t rejected these aspects of the American Dream by choice.
—Alice Lassman, Time, 8 Sep. 2025
TikTok itself has started hiring managers specifically to support news creators, while Remillard herself is part of a growing coterie of journalists who’ve gone independent — either by choice or involuntarily because of a layoff.
—Andy Meek, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
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Danielle Bacher, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2025
Either by choice or otherwise, Wolves lost seven players who appeared regularly in the first team last season and brought in six new faces, so numbers-wise, there is little difference.
—Steve Madeley, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
This isn’t to say that this refusal is a good thing; many haven’t rejected these aspects of the American Dream by choice.
—Alice Lassman, Time, 8 Sep. 2025
TikTok itself has started hiring managers specifically to support news creators, while Remillard herself is part of a growing coterie of journalists who’ve gone independent — either by choice or involuntarily because of a layoff.
—Andy Meek, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
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“By choice.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/by%20choice. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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