by choice

Example Sentences

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Whether it is by chance or by choice, Guardiola has found an XI that works together and seem to enjoy playing together too.

From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026

Kavanagh, 78, is a New Englander by birth and Californian by choice.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026

Nada Reda Abu Sari, 82, however, has not stayed by choice.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

Let’s also acknowledge that some new entrepreneurs didn’t become founders entirely by choice.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

This would explain why my mother would leave me—this would explain that she hadn’t left me by choice.

From "Hurricane Child" by Kheryn Callender