by choice

Example Sentences

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

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026

More than a dozen employees have left the Sandberg Goldberg Bernthal Family Foundation, which includes the LeanIn.Org initiative, over the past year, either through layoffs or by choice, people familiar with the changes said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

I was aged out of my profession in 2019, not by choice.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 5, 2026

In areas where Taliban fighters were battling US-backed forces, men would grow beards either out of fear or by choice.

From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026

I thought they were leaving by choice, just going to a safer place to wait out the war.

From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper