How to Use by choice in a Sentence

by choice

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Definition of by choicenext
  • But that does not mean it should be abandoned by choice and design.
    — Larry Hogan, Washington Post, 19 July 2024
  • With more employees returning to the office—whether by choice or mandate—leaders must remember that organizational success hinges on clear guidance and support.
    — Julian Hayes Ii, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
  • Edwards was a bystander by choice for much of the game.
    — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 23 Jan. 2024
  • Ward’s version, the messy hot aunt, is child-free by choice.
    — Glamour, 20 May 2022
  • That’s pretty close to the strength of the Larceny, but that’s by chance and not by choice.
    — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 12 Jan. 2023
  • But keep in mind, these are the same people who drink Malort by choice.
    — Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 19 Oct. 2022
  • The city pointed out that nobody had been forced to live at the S.S.A., and that the residents were there by choice.
    — Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2022
  • There was a girl in my high school who came to school—by choice—barefoot every day.
    — Tara Gonzalez, Harper's BAZAAR, 23 June 2023
  • Why not write her off, alongside Roland, as homeless by choice?
    — William T. Vollmann, Harper's Magazine, 16 Oct. 2023
  • For those overwhelmed by choice, the ten-piece omakase menu is the perfect decision.
    — Jacqueline Dole, Travel + Leisure, 19 Mar. 2024
  • Still, coaches on the team acknowledged that part of this model was not by choice.
    — Noah Weiland Lee Klafczynski, New York Times, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Apart from the twins, the drag performers in this circle are family by choice, not genes.
    — Carolyn Kaster, Fortune, 3 July 2023
  • But Emily Blunt was in talks before turning the part down, although not by choice.
    — Brendan Morrow, The Week, 14 June 2023
  • Kershaw, 35, is a free agent again this offseason by choice.
    — Jorge Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2023
  • Her character, Elodie, is being groomed to become a princess, though not by choice.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 7 Mar. 2024
  • Bears that left the fjords didn’t necessarily do so by choice.
    — Evan Bush, NBC News, 16 June 2022
  • The bulk of this money is invested not by choice but by default, through target date funds.
    — Andrew Behar, Fortune, 22 May 2024
  • Farias is currently safe and is with his mother, by choice, police said.
    — Sarah Bahari, Dallas News, 6 July 2023
  • Some of us sunbathed and others got in the crystal-clear water -- some by choice and others carried by force.
    — John-Michael Mulloy, The Indianapolis Star, 18 Aug. 2022
  • If the tonal shift is by choice, the other issue is one that can’t really be helped in the modern TV economy.
    — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 22 Feb. 2024
  • In both Melanie and Olivia, Sugar sees kindred, lonely by choice spirits.
    — Andy Andersen, Vulture, 6 Apr. 2024
  • Real change happens over time in the tiniest moments, day after day, choice by choice.
    — Elaine Welteroth, Washington Post, 22 Nov. 2022
  • Hoda Kotb and Savannah Guthrie missed out on a major high school milestone — but not by choice.
    — Dory Jackson, Peoplemag, 2 Oct. 2023
  • Miquelon’s small village center is full of landmarks that tell the story of how people ended up here, by choice or by chance.
    — Hillary Richards, Travel + Leisure, 28 June 2023
  • Hydrating May not be suited for very dry skin Overwhelmed by choice?
    — Tatjana Freund, ELLE, 20 Sep. 2022
  • Chuke has had a hand in every part of making this space, but not necessarily by choice.
    — Jennifer Wilson, New York Times, 26 Sep. 2023
  • In season one, most contestants left either by choice or due to injury.
    — Jamie Ballard, Women's Health, 22 Aug. 2023
  • Biden can go down in history as the man who, admittedly not by choice, helped Trump or the man who gave up power to save his country.
    — Dp Opinion, The Denver Post, 28 June 2024
  • Farias is staying with his mother by choice, Zamora said Thursday.
    — Francisco Guzman, USA TODAY, 6 July 2023
  • If one's religion prevents such a choice, that is fine, but religion should have no role in medicine except by choice.
    — Meagan Flynn, Washington Post, 11 Apr. 2023

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