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.

Examples of by choice in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Most noise bands are proudly lo-fi by necessity or by choice, but the Jesus Lizard’s albums with Albini made the argument that David Yow’s scream and Mac McNeilly’s kick drum deserved to be captured in crystal clear detail, like the individual gears of a giant machine. —

Al Shipley, SPIN, 9 May 2024 Office buildings emptied first by government decree and later by choice as remote work grew acceptable to corporate America. —

Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2024 While plenty of older Americans are working good jobs later into life by choice, others have struggled to find their place in the workforce. —

Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 14 Apr. 2024 Simply put, women in the U.S. are having fewer children, whether by choice or by circumstance, or deciding not to have any at all. —

Riley Robinson, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Mar. 2024 Without this process, the likely result would be a customer paralyzed by choice, bamboozled by an eye-wateringly expensive blank canvas. —

Alistair Charlton, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024 For those overwhelmed by choice, the ten-piece omakase menu is the perfect decision. —

Jacqueline Dole, Travel + Leisure, 19 Mar. 2024 Employers can still provide lunch breaks and rest periods by choice, according to Pratt. —

Chris Sims, The Courier-Journal, 4 Mar. 2024 Her character, Elodie, is being groomed to become a princess, though not by choice. —

David Fear, Rolling Stone, 7 Mar. 2024

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