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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High-skilled professionals—consultants, designers, engineers—opted out of traditional employment by choice.
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Nirit Cohen, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
Zirkle started her journey as a single mom by choice by doing several rounds of IVF alone.
—Kevin Sabet, Newsweek, 24 Mar. 2025
Opening your relationship, swinging, sleeping in a separate bedroom, or even living in different homes by choice are seen as the gateway to divorce.
—Varuna Srinivasan, Allure, 15 Mar. 2025
New York native and nomad by choice—Emily is a marketing & PR pro, now the founder of the award-winning R Public Relations, New York.
—Emily Reynolds Bergh, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
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Nirit Cohen, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
Zirkle started her journey as a single mom by choice by doing several rounds of IVF alone.
—Kevin Sabet, Newsweek, 24 Mar. 2025
Opening your relationship, swinging, sleeping in a separate bedroom, or even living in different homes by choice are seen as the gateway to divorce.
—Varuna Srinivasan, Allure, 15 Mar. 2025
New York native and nomad by choice—Emily is a marketing & PR pro, now the founder of the award-winning R Public Relations, New York.
—Emily Reynolds Bergh, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
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“By choice.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/by%20choice. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.
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