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Inami's team is developing a series of technologies rooted in the idea of "jizai", an Japanese term that he says roughly denotes autonomy and the freedom to do as one pleases.

From Reuters • Jun. 27, 2023

“The real meaning of liberty: the power to do as one pleases, the positive enjoyment of various social, political, or economic rights and privileges, it’s the power of choice,” notes another.

From Washington Times • Feb. 13, 2023

It is not much fun, nor ultimately even very freeing, to be left alone to do entirely as one pleases.

From BBC • Feb. 4, 2011

Freedom in these schools means freedom to do as one pleases.

From Time Magazine Archive

There are covered walks, tunnel-like, which in summer one may walk through or on top of as one pleases.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin