as a matter of choice
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The Madness of England Football Part 2: for decades the national team played this way as a matter of choice.
From The Guardian • Apr. 26, 2020
A sovereign people, however they’re defined, could as a matter of choice create a government that is a government of natural aristocrats or an elite.
From Slate • Oct. 11, 2018
Stoicism reminds us to treat everything as a matter of choice.
From Washington Post • Jun. 6, 2018
But more conferences await elsewhere, and as a matter of choice, I stand up and head for the exit.
From Washington Post • Feb. 7, 2018
In 1890 the writer of a fashion column thought it pertinent to add that “... black bathing suits are worn as a matter of choice, not merely by those dressing in mourning.”
From Women's Bathing and Swimming Costume in the United States by Kidwell, Claudia B.